A slight tang from yogurt balances this sweet, easy summer cake. White the recipe calls for plums, any stone fruit—apricots, peaches, nectarines—will work.
Homemade recipes from cakes to chicken, pasta and heavy emphasis on vegetarian dishes.
This quick and easy Hungarian plum cake is a great way to showcase fresh, seasonal plums. It's very nutty and delicious, perfect with an afternoon cuppa.
A slight tang from yogurt balances this sweet, easy summer cake. White the recipe calls for plums, any stone fruit—apricots, peaches, nectarines—will work.
Almond Plum Cake. A quick & easy upside down cake made with an almond cake batter and sweet seasonal plums. Delicious served warm with vanilla ice cream!
I adore Italian prune plums and have been waiting impatiently for local ones to arrive at the farm stands. Last year I must have eaten a third of my body weight in plums. I micro-stewed them and topped them with a little brown sugar and sour cream and ate them straight up but I neglected to make plum dumplings. This is a favorite family dish that came from my great-grandmother Mary Westermeyer, who is my father's maternal grandmother. Mary came over from Hungary in April 22nd 1914 when she was 17 years old passing through Ellis Island. There her surname changed from Schorsch to Scharsch. She settled in Cincinnati and a year later married her first husband, Joseph Hoffman. He shortly passed away in the Spanish flu pandemic. In 1921, she married my great-grandfather Anthony Westermeyer. She gave birth to a gaggle of kids, 10 surviving to adulthood. My grandmother Margaret was one of their middle children. They lived in Cincinnati then moved just over the border into Kentucky. My father remembers his parents making these together and I remember him making them with my mother helping. Alex noticed me making these and wanted to help. He cut out the plum pits and took dough and made several dumplings by himself. He also ate quite a few sugar cubes straight up! And the family tradition goes on... Mary Westermeyer My grandmother Margaret, with a dog on a hill! The dumpling dough is reminiscent of soft gnocchi dough. The bread crumbs and pan frying give a crispy contrast. Inside the tart plum's juices meld with the cube of sugar to create a delightful sauce that tempers the plum. I prefer to leave taste of the plums alone but try adding spices or liquors to see what suits your taste. I do recommend getting the sugar cubes. It's going to make your life easier since granulated sugar will try and fall out of the plum while you are covering it in dough. Additionally, I think there is some magic in how the cubed sugar dissolves that makes it better. You can use the rest of the sugar cubes to impress your friends when they come over and have a cuppa. Who gets to say these days, "Would you like one lump or two?" I found unrefined sugar cubes that added a molasses flavor that I loved. The recipe has several stages but all the steps are easy. The dough is forgiving and even the few that leak a little when you boil or fry them somehow survive and are still great. The hardest part is waiting for them to cool after you fry them. The hot, syrupy juices inside are like napalm, so watch out! Note: I'm hoping to give these a try in a smaller batch with a substitute for the egg so that I can make them more often and have a vegan version of the recipe. I'll update the post after I try it. Hungarian Plum Dumplings (Szilvas gomboc) Makes ~18 dumplings 1 1/2 - 2 dozen Italian prune plums (this will vary with the size of the plums) 4 or 5 medium sized potatoes, peeled and quartered 1 egg, beaten 4 cups of flour, sifted 1 teaspoon salt bread crumbs butter (I use Earth Balance) sugar cubes or 1/2 tsp. granulated sugar for each plum cinnamon, or rum or orange liquor (optional) -Cook the potatoes in salted water until soft. Drain them well and allow them to give off a lot of steam. Mash potatoes while they are still warm and add the flour and salt. Make a well and add the egg. Mix or knead the dough gently until everything is blended. -Wash the plums and pit them, cutting on only one side to the pit so that they create something like an open clamshell. Form a circle of dough about 4 inches in diameter, or enough to cover your size of plum. Place a sugar cube (or the spoon of sugar and some cinnamon or liquor, if desired) into the center of a plum and fold the dough around the plum to form dumpling. Make sure to pinch the edges tight to seal. You may think that the dough is sticky enough that it doesn't need to be pinched but those will be the leaky ones. Roll the sealed ball gently in your palms to form a nice sphere. -Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Salt the water and cook a few dumplings at a time for about 10 minutes. Remove the dumplings with a slotted spoon and drain well but before the surface of the dumplings dries off roll them in breadcrumbs. -Melt some butter (more is better) in a large skillet over medium heat. Place the dumplings in the skillet and turn them carefully until bread crumbs are brown all over. -Serve warm, sprinkled with leftover crumbs from skillet. Cut the plums on only one side so that they create something like an open clamshell. Place the sugar filled plum on a 4 inch disk of dough. Cup the dough around the plum and pinch the seam well. Dumplings ready to be boiled A finished Hungarian Plum Dumpling (Szilvas gomboc) The Cincinnati Chili cupcakes I made for my dad Photos of Alex making dumplings More photos of Mary and my grandma Margaret Mary's Ellis Island Passenger Records The Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse, the boat Mary came to America on
This quick and easy Hungarian plum cake is a great way to showcase fresh, seasonal plums. It's very nutty and delicious, perfect with an afternoon cuppa.
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HungarianPlum Dumplings are made with mashed potatoes, the dough is the same aswhen you make gnocchi. Simple, tastyingredients, they can be eaten as dessert o rside dish. A family favorite and children’s delight. Potato dumplings stuffedwith plum, cinnamon, sugar and rolled in breadcrumbs.
I adore I talian prune plums and have been waiting impatiently for local ones to arrive at the farm stands. Last year I must have eaten a th...
HungarianPlum Dumplings are made with mashed potatoes, the dough is the same aswhen you make gnocchi. Simple, tastyingredients, they can be eaten as dessert o rside dish. A family favorite and children’s delight. Potato dumplings stuffedwith plum, cinnamon, sugar and rolled in breadcrumbs.
This delightful German Plum Cake has a layer of fresh plums in the middle with a sweet, crumbly streusel on top. It's our favorite way to use seasonal plums for baking!
German Plum Dumplings are a treat - buttery crumbs on the outside, soft pillowy potato dough surrounding a juicy prune plum, and a good sprinkling of cinnamon sugar. They make a delicious light meal, snack, or dessert. Uncooked dumplings freeze well.
I found this old-fashioned Zserbo Szelet Recipe in one of the vintage recipe binders I own. This traditional Hungarian holiday dessert recipe is also known as Gerbeaud cake.
2017 HollyTrail.com (adapted from recipe on epicurious.com citing Bon Appetit, October 1997)
Looking for a traditional German plum cake or pflaumenkuchen recipe without yeast? This easy German plum crumble cake with streusel topping is easy to make and so delicious
These Hungarian Plum Dumplings can be eaten as a dessert, a side dish, or even a main dish!
HungarianPlum Dumplings are made with mashed potatoes, the dough is the same aswhen you make gnocchi. Simple, tastyingredients, they can be eaten as dessert o rside dish. A family favorite and children’s delight. Potato dumplings stuffedwith plum, cinnamon, sugar and rolled in breadcrumbs.
Gerbeaud Cake (Zserbó) is a delicious layered yeast cake with an apricot walnut filling, covered in thin chocolate glaze. Traditionally it is a holiday dessert, made at Christmas or Easter time. Gerbeaud cake is probably the best known Hungarian dessert, I grew up eating it all the time.
German Italian Plum Cake or Zwetschendatschi is a popular cake when the Italian plums are ripe, served with whipped cream. Wonderful authentic German recipe
A delicious versatile cake to make with many seasonal fruits of the continental summer. Cherry or sour cherry being most popular but the apricot and plum ones are very nice too. These were often se…
HungarianPlum Dumplings are made with mashed potatoes, the dough is the same aswhen you make gnocchi. Simple, tastyingredients, they can be eaten as dessert o rside dish. A family favorite and children’s delight. Potato dumplings stuffedwith plum, cinnamon, sugar and rolled in breadcrumbs.
This plum coffee cake is a tender and fluffy sponge cake, packed with juicy and sweet plums. It's quick and easy to make and a perfect treat to go along with a cup of coffee.
This spiced plum coffee cake is as delicious as it is beautiful and is wonderful as a quick breakfast or as an addition to brunch.
This delightful German Plum Cake has a layer of fresh plums in the middle with a sweet, crumbly streusel on top. It's our favorite way to use seasonal plums for baking!
Hungarian Kifli Cookies - Rich and flaky traditional Hungarian cookies filled with a light walnut filling. Perfect Christmas cookies!
