Plum rusk cake

Name: Plum rusk cake
Cook time: 1 h 45 min
Total time: 1 h 45 min
Yield: 16
Ingredients: 250 g Rusk; 1.2 kg Plums or damsons; 200 g Butter or margarine; 125 g Sugar; 2 TEASPOONS Cinnamon; 100 g crushed almonds; 500 g Sour cream or crème fraîche; 6 Eggs (size M); 75 g Icing sugar; 1 pinch Salt; 5 tablespoons (50 g) flaked almonds; 75 g Apricot Jam; 7-10 Tbsp Melissa; 7-10 Tbsp Grease; 1 large freezer bag

AUTHOR
Arlie Wyatt

DIFFICULTY
easy

RATING

COOK TIME
105 mins

TOTAL TIME
105 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 16

250 g Rusk
1.2 kg Plums or damsons
200 g Butter or margarine
125 g Sugar
2 TEASPOONS Cinnamon
100 g crushed almonds
500 g Sour cream or crème fraîche
6 Eggs (size M)
75 g Icing sugar
1 pinch Salt
5 tablespoons (50 g) flaked almonds
75 g Apricot Jam
7-10 Tbsp Melissa
7-10 Tbsp Grease
1 large freezer bag

Directions

1
Grease a springform pan (26 cm Ø; at least 8 cm high). Put the rusk into a freezer bag and crumble it coarsely with a dough roll. Spread half the rusk in the form. Wash, halve and stone the plums and cut them in half lengthwise. Melt the fat at low heat. Mix sugar, cinnamon and almonds.
2
Sprinkle half on the rusk. Pour half of the liquid fat over it, cover with half of the plums. Add the rest of the rusk, then the remaining almond-sugar-mixture. Pour the rest of the fat on top. Spread the rest of the plums on top. Mix sour cream, eggs, icing sugar and salt. Gradually pour over the cake. Bake in the preheated oven (electric cooker: 175 ° C/ convection oven: 150 °C/ gas: level 2) for about 1 hour. Leave to cool completely in the mould. Roast the flaked almonds in a pan without fat. Heat the jam and pass through a sieve. Spread the cake rim with it.
3
Gradually pour over the cake. Bake in the preheated oven (electric cooker: 175 ° C/ convection oven: 150 °C/ gas: level 2) for about 1 hour. Leave to cool completely in the mould. Roast the flaked almonds in a pan without fat. Heat the jam and pass through a sieve. Spread the cake rim with it. Press the flaked almonds on it. Decorate the cake with lemon balm
4
Waiting time approx. 3 hours.