For the moment we’ll forget the irony of a German Plum Cake being made with Italian prune plums; I’m guessing it’s so because they’re perfectly delicious in it! This is one of my truly favorite recipes to make. It’s surprisingly easy, absolutely delicious, (assuming you think great baking includes butter, sugar and eggs), and always comes out fabulous. What more could one want?
Above, prepped in a flash and ready to go in the oven …
I don’t know where my mom originally got the recipe, but I’ve been making it for years. Five simple ingredients in the crust, which you mix right in the pan, fresh fruit, and two ingredients on the top. Voila! The Italian prune plums are the basic recipe, but it’s easily adapted to peaches or apples with just a bit of cinnamon added to the topping sugar. In fact, I was planning to stop at the 
farmstand for peaches for my Labor Day dessert contribution – summer’s last hurrah – after grocery shopping, but while in the supermarket, thought to check on the plums.
Much to my surprise, there they were! I asked how long they’d be in stock. Two or three weeks tops the produce manager told me! Plums it is then.
Crumbly butter crust, sweet fruit and some good vanilla ice cream. Does it for me!
p.s. I have now added the recipe for this here.
Still A Dreamer 
It sure does it for me too Jeanne! Sharon
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Thanks, Sharon! 🙂
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Jeanne,
Rose wanted to know why you didn’t leave the recipe!
Felicia
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Mostly lack of time … I am so overwhelmed with work on my desk and other demands at the moment, I am barely managing to get posts up. But when things calm down, I can do that and I’ll let you know …. jeanne
p.s. Let Rose know her comments on the post directly are always welcome!
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The Italians imported much of the fruit into Germany through Hamburg/ Including citrus, plums and figs. Thats why the fruit used is Italian. My 83 year old German friends Mom was engaged to a man that did the fruit inspections at the port.
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Vivian, thank you so much for that piece of information! I would have never thought of that connection, and to hear from someone who (indirectly) knows someone who did the inspections … thank you.
Jeanne
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