Plum cake with quark

Ingredients for 6 servings:

• 300 g flour
• 150 g sugar
• 1 bag of baking powder
• 1 bag of vanilla sugar
• 1 lemon(s), juice
• 150 g quark (low-fat quark)
• 1 egg(s)
• 1 ½ kg plum(s), pitted
• 125 g butter or margarine
• 2 tbsp almonds, flakes for sprinkling

Instructions

Working time approx. 20 minutes; Total time approx. 20 minutes

fresh and juicy

Whisk together the egg and quark. Add the lemon juice, sugar, vanilla sugar, and margarine/butter. Whisk until fluffy. Combine the flour and baking powder and stir into the batter. Pour the batter into a greased 26cm springform pan. Arrange the plums in a circle on top, so they sit in the batter. Sprinkle with flaked almonds and bake at 180-200°C (you’ll have to test this) for 50-60 minutes. The batter should be nicely browned, but the plums shouldn’t burn. Wipe off any excess juice, especially from the center, with a paper towel. The cake tastes almost better the next day, once it’s had a chance to set.