Good afternoon bloggers! As you all noticed, I disappeared yesterday. I have no reason and I have no excuse, but I do have a big hug to all of you, seeing as I'm back now! Today, we will be dealing with two (2) types of desserts. Both are cakes but one is called a "kuchen". Kuchen is the German word for "cake". With that being said, let's go bake some cakes!
Plum Custard Kuchen
You will need:
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon white sugar
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 cup butter
- 2 tablespoons heavy cream
- 1 egg
- 2.5 cups pitted and sliced plums
- 1/2 cup heavy cream
- 1/2 cup white sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
- In a large bowl, mix the flour, 1 tablespoon sugar and baking powder.
- Cut in the butter until the mixture looks like coarse crumbs.
- Stir in 2 tablespoons whipping cream and 1 egg.
- Press the mixture into the bottom of an ungreased 9 inch square pan and arrange the plums over the top.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 25 to 30 minutes.
- While the cake is baking, in a bowl, combine 1/2 cup whipping cream, 1/2 cup sugar, 1 teaspoon vanilla and 1 egg.
- Beat well, and pour the mixture over the plums and bake an additional 20 to 30 minutes or until the custard is set.
- Serve warm or cool.
- Enjoy!
Still with me? Yay!
Black Magic Cake
You will need:
- 1.75 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 cups white sugar
- 3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup strong brewed coffee
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
- Grease and flour two 9 inch round cake pans or one 9x13 inch pan.
- In a large bowl combine the flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder and salt.
- Make a well in the center.
- Add the eggs, coffee, buttermilk, oil and vanilla.
- Beat for 2 minutes on medium speed, if you have a mixer. If you do not, beat until the mixture is well blended; the batter will be thin.
- Pour the mixture into the prepared pans.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 30 to 40 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into center of cake comes out clean.
- Cool for 10 minutes, then remove from the pans and finish cooling on a wire rack.
- Fill and frost as desired.
- Enjoy!
I hope you all get a giant kick out of these super sweet dessert cakes. We have one final day remaining in our Dessert week and then it's off to do something new. Maybe a breakfast week? Who knows? But for now, I'm saying "See ya later" and I will catch you all on the flip side. Happy blogging and love to you all!
