German Autumn Fruit Kuchen

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1/2 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 3 large eggs
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 14 -16 purple plums, halved and pitted,or
• 3 large apples, peeled,cored,and cut into 1-inch thick slices,or
• 3 large ripe nectarines or 3 large peaches, peeled,pitted,and thickly sliced
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1 tablespoon unsalted butter, cut into tiny pieces

Recipe

• 1 preheat the oven to 375 f.
• 2 butter and flour an 11-inch round tart pan with a removable bottom or a 9-inch square cake pan.
• 3 in a large bowl, cream the butter with the sugar until smooth; beat in the eggs until light and fluffy.
• 4 stir in the vanilla, flour, and salt.
• 5 spread the batter evenly in the prepared pan.
• 6 press your choice of fruit evenly into the batter, sprinkle with the sugar and dot with the butter.
• 7 bake for 40 minutes or until a wooden skewer inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean.
• 8 serve warm or cool on a wire rack.
• 9 serve with a topping of slightly sweetened whipped cream, if desired.
• 10 the kuchen can also be frozen, well wrapped.
• 11 thaw and reheat in a 300 f.
• 12 oven for 10 to 15 minutes.
• 13 makes 12 servings.
• 14 the great holiday baking book.