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    Plum Streusel Coffee Cake

    Published: Apr 18, 2021 · Modified: Jan 2, 2022 by Petra Kupská

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    If you are looking for an easy and delicious coffee cake for lazy weekends, this recipe is just the one for you!

    plum streusel coffee cake
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    About this Streusel Coffee Cake
    Plums in Streusel Cake
    Equipment
    Ingredients
    Instructions with Photos
    Serving
    Cook's Tips
    Plum Streusel Coffee Cake

    About this Streusel Coffee Cake

    Czechs love quick cakes (and who doesn't). Every family has a tried and true recipe that will have you conjuring up your favorite dessert in no time. 

    This streusel cake is my grandmother's recipe. It is interesting because the batter doesn't contain any vegetable oil but only heavy cream. 

    The cake is covered with plums and topped with streusel (posypka, drobenka). Its name in Czech is something like "švestkový drobenkový koláč."

    You might also like this Apricot streusel cake or German Zwetschgenkuchen.

    Plums in Streusel Cake

    Plums are a typical Czech fruit, pretty common here in the Czech in autumn.

    However, if you don't have any fresh plums, use canned plums and let them drain on a sieve. Frozen plums are also suitable, but allow them to thaw well beforehand, don't put them in the cake frozen.

    fresh plums

    Equipment

    Czechs most often bake cakes on a rectangular baking sheet. That's what I used today. 

    According to this recipe, the Streusel cake is designed for a baking sheet of about 12x14 inches (30x35 cm), base measurement. 

    Don't forget to grease and dust the sheet with breadcrumbs before you start baking!

    Ingredients

    CAKE BATTER:

    streusel cake ingredients
    • All-purpose flour
    • Baking powder
    • Granulated sugar
    • Heavy cream; fat content around 35 % 
    • Milk
    • Lemon zest; ideally freshly ground
    • 3 eggs

    ✅ You’ll find the exact amount of ingredients below in the recipe card, which you can also print out.

    STREUSEL TOPPING:

    streusel ingredients
    • Cinnamon; ground
    • Butter; unsalted
    • All-purpose flour
    • Granulated sugar
    • Pitted plums; (canned, fresh, or frozen/thawed), ideally cut into smaller pieces for easier cutting the cake.

    You'll also need vegetable oil (e.g., sunflower or canola) and breadcrumbs to grease the baking sheet.

    Instructions with Photos

    Steps before baking

    1. About half an hour before you start baking, take the eggs, milk, and heavy cream out of the fridge to bring them to room temperature.
    2. Grease a baking pan and dust it with breadcrumbs. 
    3. Cut the plums into little pieces. 
    4. Preheat the oven to (340 °F) 170 °C.
    5. Make streusel topping: Cut butter into flour, add sugar, and ground cinnamon. Using your fingertips, work everything into a crumbly mass. 
    streusel topping

    Let's bake!

    STEP 1: Combine plain flour and baking powder in a large mixing bowl. Add sugar, heavy cream, milk, lemon zest, and eggs. Start stirring with a fork, then use a hand-held mixer and mix on a lower speed until a semi-liquid batter is created. 

    streusel cake batter

    STEP 2: Pour the batter into a dusted baking pan. Put the plums regularly over the entire surface of the cake.

    making streusel cake

    STEP 3: Sprinkle with the streusel topping as the final step.

    making streusel coffee cake

    STEP 4: Bake the streusel cake for 30 minutes until the surface is golden brown. 

    Streusel cake baked

    Serving

    Let the sheet cake cool down, then cut into regular rectangles and serve on a dessert plate as a coffee cake. You can also dust the cake with powdered sugar before serving.

    plum streusel coffee cake

    Cook's Tips

    • Plums are not a necessity in this streusel cake. If you don't have plums, other fruits are also suitable, for example, raspberries, strawberries, or grated apples.
    • The amount of batter in this recipe fits a rectangular baking pan measuring approximately 12x14 inches (30x35 cm). The cake is relatively thin but moist. If you want a higher layer of batter, use a smaller-sized baking pan.

    More Czech desserts:

    • Kaiserschmarrn – Czech trhanec, shredded pancake
    • Apple Strudel – delicious roll pastry
    • Hřebeny – puff pastry with poppyseed filling

    Recipe card

    plum streusel coffee cake recipe

    Plum Streusel Coffee Cake

    If you are looking for an easy and delicious coffee cake forlazy weekends, this recipe is the right one for you!
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    Prep Time: 20 minutes
    Cook Time: 30 minutes
    Total Time: 50 minutes
    Servings: 25 pieces
    Author: Petra Kupská

    Equipment

    • Baking pan 12x14 inches (30x35)
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    Course: Dessert
    Cuisine: Czech
    Keyword: Streusel Sheet Cake

    Ingredients

    Cake batter:

    • 2 and ⅓ cups (300 g) all-purpose flour
    • 1 Tbsp baking powder
    • 1 cup (200 g) granulated sugar
    • 1 cup (240 ml) heavy cream fat content around 35 %
    • ½ cup (120 ml) milk
    • 3 eggs
    • lemon zest ideally freshly ground

    Streusel topping:

    • ¾ stick (85 g) unsalted butter
    • ¾ cup (100 g) all-purpose flour
    • ⅔ cup (130 g) granulated sugar
    • ½ tsp cinnamon ground

    Misc.:

    • 1 and ½ lb (680 g) pitted plums
    • oil and breadcrumbs to grease a baking sheet

    Instructions

    Before you start baking:

    • About half an hour before you start baking, take out eggs, milk, and heavy cream from the fridge to bring them to room temperature.
    • Grease a baking sheet and dust it with breadcrumbs.
    • Prepare pitted plums, cut them into small pieces.
    • Preheat the oven to 340 °F (170 °C).

    Make streusel topping:

    • Cut cold butter into flour, add sugar, and ground cinnamon. Using your fingertips, work everything into a crumbly mass.

    Let’s bake:

    • Combine plain flour and baking powder in a large mixing bowl. Add sugar, heavy cream, milk, lemon zest, and eggs. Start stirring with a fork, then use a hand-held mixer and mix on a lower speed until a semi-liquid batter is created.
    • Pour the batter into a dusted baking sheet. Put the plums regularly over the entire surface of the cake.
    • Sprinkle with the streusel topping as the final step.
    • Bake the streusel cake for 30 minutes until the surface is golden brown.

    Notes

    1. Let the sheet cake cool down, then cut into regular rectangles and serve on a dessert plate as a coffee cake. You can also dust the cake with powdered sugar before serving.
    2. Makes about 25 pieces.
    3. Plums are not a necessity in this streusel cake. If you don't have plums, other fruits are also suitable, for example, raspberries, strawberries, or grated apples.
    4. The amount of batter in this recipe fits a rectangular baking pan measuring approximately 12x14 inches (30x35 cm). The cake is relatively thin but moist. If you want a higher layer of batter, use a smaller-sized baking pan.

    DISCLAIMER: Because I come from Central Europe, my recipes are based on metric units such as grams or milliliters. Check out how I convert metric units to the U.S. system:

    Conversion chart
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    1. Nadia

      July 15, 2022 at 2:16 am

      5 stars
      Merci pour cette délicieuse recette. Toute la famille s'est régalée ! J'adore votre website.

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      • Petra Kupská

        July 15, 2022 at 6:10 am

        Thank you, Nadia! 🙂

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