Plum Streusel Coffeecake
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
- 1/2 cup walnuts
- 3/4 stick (6 tablespoons) unsalted butter, cut into pieces and softened
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
- 1 stick (1/2 cup) unsalted butter, softened
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 pound plums (4 to 5 medium), sliced
- confectioners' sugar for sifting over cake
- Preheat oven to 350F.
- and butter and flour a 9-inch round or square baking pan at least 2 inches deep.
- In a food processor pulse together streusel ingredients until combined well and crumbly.
- In a bowl with an electric mixer beat butter with sugar until light and fluffy and add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition, and vanilla.
- Sift in flour with baking powder and salt and beat until just combined.
- Spread cake batter in pan, smoothing top, and arrange plum slices over it in slightly overlapping concentric circles.
- Sprinkle streusel over plum slices and bake cake in middle of oven 1 hour, or until a tester comes out clean.
- Coffeecake may be made 1 week ahead: Cool cake completely in pan on a rack and freeze, wrapped well in plastic wrap and foil.
- Reheat cake, unwrapped but not thawed, in a preheated 350F.
- oven until heated through, 35 to 40 minutes.
- Cool cake slightly on a rack and sift confectioners' sugar over it.
- Serve coffeecake warm or at room temperature.
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Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/plum-streusel-coffeecake-13137 (may not work)