pillowy soft plum coffee cake

By foodiva

Ingredients

• 2 cups flour, all purpose
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 cup melted butter (2 sticks)
• 1 1/2 cup sugar, granulated
• 4 eggs
• 1 cup sour cream
• 4 cups plums, cut to 1/2 inch cubes
• 5 Tbsp cold butter, cut up
• 3/4 cup flour, all purpose
• 1/2 cup sugar, granulated

Details

Servings 9
Preparation time 10mins
Cooking time 55mins
Adapted from letthebakingbeginblog.com

Preparation

Step 1

Instructions
Preheat oven to 350F. Place rack in the middle. Spray a 9x12 baking dish with a non stick spray, or butter the form, sprinkle with flour and shake out the excess. Make the streusel topping -
Combine butter, sugar and flour and pulse until crumbly and pea size or smaller in size crumbs form. Alternatively use a fork to achieve the same result. Set aside. Make the cake:
Combine eggs, sugar and butter together and mix until thoroughly combined.
Add sour cream and stir until smooth again. Add the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and stir again with minimal amount of strokes.
Add cut up plums and gently fold everything together. Transfer to a baking dish and sprinkle with streusel topping. Bake for 35-45 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean. Serve hot with a scoop of ice-cream or cold, sliced into squares.

Instructions