Plum Cake (German) - cooking recipe

Ingredients

4 cups flour
1 cup sugar
1 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 cups butter, melted
4 egg yolks (save the whites)
1 tablespoon vanilla
apricot jam
3 lbs purple plums, clean and quartered (little ones)
2 tablespoons flour
powdered sugar

Preparation

Place 4 cups flour, sugar, salt and melted butter in a bowl; mix.
Add egg yolks and vanilla, mix.
Place the dough onto a cookie sheet pan and press with your fingers make a rim.
Spread with a thin layer of apricot jam.
Place the quartered purple plums in rows on the dough and jam.
Beat egg whites slightly and brush over the plums.
Sprinkle 2 tbsp of flour over the egg whites.
Bake at 375 degrees Fahrenheit for 40 minutes.
Sprinkle powdered sugar on top of the plum cake.