German Plum Coffee Cake With Almonds (Pflaumenkuchen) - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 1/2 kg fresh sweet red plums, pitted,cut into quarters
400 g butter
300 g granulated sugar
4 eggs
600 g all-purpose flour
4 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 lemon, juice of
80 g sliced almonds, toasted
powdered sugar, for garnish

Preparation

Cream together the butter and the sugar until smooth.
Add eggs,one at a time,blending well after each addition.
Mix together the flour, baking powder,and cinnamon in a separate bowl.
Add flour mixture to the butter mixture in small batches, just enough to moisten all of the dry ingredients (do this with a whisk or wooden spoon, not with an electric mixer).
Add the lemon juice.
Grease a jelly roll pan (or large rimmed cookie sheet) and press batter into the pan, spreading evenly over entire surface.
Sprinkle the plums over the batter.
Bake in a preheated 175 C oven for 50 minutes or until tests done.
Sprinkle with toasted almonds slices and dust heavily with powdered sugar.
Cool and cut into squares to serve.