Prune Kuchen

#105
Dessert Cake

Original Recipe Card

Original recipe card for Prune Kuchen

Ingredients

  • 2 cupfuls Flour
  • 2 tablespoonfuls Granulated Sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoonful Salt
  • 1/2 teaspoonful Baking Powder
  • 1/4 cupful Butter
  • 1 Egg
  • 1/4 cupful Milk
  • 1 pound Prunes
  • 2 tablespoonfuls Brown Sugar
  • To taste Powdered Cinnamon

Instructions

  1. Sift the flour and the baking powder into a basin, add the granulated sugar and the salt, then rub the butter well into them.
  2. Beat up the egg, add the milk and stir into the dry ingredients.
  3. Turn into a shallow, buttered pan and spread the dough out evenly.
  4. Have the prunes cooked very tender and the stones removed.
  5. Press the prunes, skin side down, into the top of the dough.
  6. Dredge with the brown sugar and powdered cinnamon.
  7. Bake for twenty-five minutes.
  8. Serve hot, cut in squares, or as a pudding with hard sauce.
  9. To make hard sauce, beat four tablespoonfuls of butter with two tablespoonfuls of sugar to a cream, add half a teaspoonful of almond extract and three tablespoonfuls of blanched and chopped almonds.