German Plum Coffee Cake With Almonds (Pflaumenkuchen)

• 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

1. Cream together the butter and the sugar until smooth.
2. Add eggs,one at a time,blending well after each addition.
3. Mix together the flour, baking powder,and cinnamon in a separate bowl.
4. 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).
5. Add the lemon juice.
6. Grease a jelly roll pan (or large rimmed cookie sheet) and press batter into the pan, spreading evenly over entire surface.
7. Sprinkle the plums over the batter.
8. Bake in a preheated 175 C oven for 50 minutes or until tests done.
9. Sprinkle with toasted almonds slices and dust heavily with powdered sugar.
10. Cool and cut into squares to serve.

sweet red plums, butter, sugar, eggs, baking powder, cinnamon, lemon, almonds, powdered sugar

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/german-plum-coffee-cake-with-almonds-pflaumenkuchen-84958 (may not work)