Fruit Cake with Almond Crumble
A stunning dessert! A combination of soft dough, tart fruits and a crunchy aromatic streusel. Apples, pears or peaches can be used as a filling instead of nectarines and plums, and almonds can be replaced with hazelnuts. The finished cake should be cut carefully, as
- Total cooking time
- not set
- Number of servings
- 6
- Recipe difficulty
- 3 / 5
Ingredients
for 6 servings
- sugar 100 g
- vanilla sugar 1 tsp
- butter 100 g
- eggs 2
- baking powder 1 tsp
- flour 150-200 g
- almonds 100 g
- butter 100 g
- sugar 100 g
- flour 100-150 g
- plums 500 g
- nectarines 300 g
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Instructions
Preparing the dough
Step 1 of 12
Cream the butter together with vanilla sugar and regular sugar.
Step 2 of 12
Add the eggs and mix the mixture.
Step 3 of 12
Add flour with baking powder. Knead into a dough of medium thickness.
Preparing the streusel
Step 4 of 12
Chop the almonds.
Step 5 of 12
Combine the chopped almonds with sugar.
Step 6 of 12
Add butter to the mixture.
Step 7 of 12
Pour in the flour and rub the ingredients by hand until they reach a crumble state.
Step 8 of 12
Remove pits from nectarines and plums, and cut them into small pieces.
Step 9 of 12
Lightly grease the baking pan with butter (a pan with a diameter of 29 cm was used in the original) and spread the dough in it.
Step 10 of 12
Place the sliced fruits on top of the dough layer.
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Sprinkle the fruits with streusel. Place in a preheated oven at 180 degrees for 40–45 minutes.
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Let the cake cool completely before dividing it into portions.
