Separate eggs. Beat the egg whites and 3 tablespoons of cold water with the whisk of the hand mixer until stiff, adding 175 g sugar, 1 packet of vanilla sugar and salt. Beat the egg yolks one after the other. Mix ground almonds, flour and 30 g starch and carefully fold into the egg foam mixture. Grease a springform pan (28 cm Ø). Fill in the sponge mixture, smooth it down and sprinkle with almond flakes. Bake in the preheated oven (electric cooker: 175 °C/ convection oven: 150 °C/ gas: see manufacturer) for approx. 30 minutes (test with sticks)
Wash the oranges, grate them dry, peel the skin of 1 orange thinly. Halve the oranges and squeeze the juice. Heat orange juice with 50 g sugar in a small pot and boil down to half. Remove the pan from the heat, let it cool down a little and stir in the orange liqueur
Take the cake out of the oven. Prick the cake several times with a wooden skewer. spread orange syrup on the cake and let it cool down
Wash, halve and stone the plums. Caramelise 40 g sugar and 1 packet of vanilla sugar in a frying pan, add orange zest and cinnamon stick. Deglaze with cherry nectar and let it boil down at medium heat for about 5 minutes. Mix 15 g starch with some cold water and thicken the stock with it, bring to the boil again. Add the plums and simmer for about 1 minute. Remove from the heat and allow to cool
Take the cake out of the tin, cut it into pieces and serve the stewed plums preferably still lukewarm. Whipped cream also tastes good with it
waiting time 1-2 hours