Best 8 Grandma Geldners Pflaum Plum Torte Recipes
**Grandma Geldner's Pflaum Plum Torte: A Taste of Sweet and Tangy Nostalgia**
Indulge in the timeless classic of Grandma Geldner's Pflaum Plum Torte, a delectable creation that captures the essence of tradition and homemade goodness. This traditional German plum cake enchants with its combination of sweet and tangy flavors, a flaky crust, and a generous filling of juicy plums. Experience the perfect balance of flavors and textures as you savor each bite of this beloved family recipe. The article presents two variations of this classic torte: the original Pflaum Plum Torte and the irresistible Pflaumen Streusel Torte, featuring a delectable streusel topping that adds an extra layer of crunch and flavor. Both recipes are detailed with step-by-step instructions, ensuring that even novice bakers can recreate this culinary masterpiece. Embrace the warmth and nostalgia of Grandma Geldner's Pflaum Plum Torte, a true testament to the art of home baking.
PLUM TORTE
So easy to make and it's delicious! Take advantage of plum season to make this torte. The torte base will complement many types of fruit. I've used regular plums and quartered them and it was super tasty too. Next time, I'll try it with apricots. I use just a little less than 1/2 cup of sugar because I'm not a fan of sweet desserts. Serve plain or with vanilla ice cream.
Provided by Frankie
Categories Desserts Cakes Torte Recipes
Time 55m
Yield 8
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Arrange a rack in the lower third of the oven.
- Cream butter and 1/2 cup sugar together using an electric mixer in a mixing bowl. Add eggs and mix well. Sift flour, baking powder, and salt into the batter; beat to mix well. Pour into an ungreased 9-inch springform pan.
- Cover the batter with plums, skin-side down. Mix 1 tablespoon sugar and cinnamon together in a small bowl and sprinkle over the top.
- Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 40 to 50 minutes. Remove from the oven and let cool to room temperature, or serve warm.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 275.3 calories, Carbohydrate 37.8 g, Cholesterol 71.4 mg, Fat 13 g, Fiber 2 g, Protein 3.8 g, SaturatedFat 7.7 g, Sodium 97.6 mg, Sugar 24 g
ORIGINAL PLUM TORTE
The Times published Marian Burros's recipe for Plum Torte every September from 1983 until 1989, when the editors determined that enough was enough. The recipe was to be printed for the last time that year. "To counter anticipated protests," Ms. Burros wrote a few years later, "the recipe was printed in larger type than usual with a broken-line border around it to encourage clipping." It didn't help. The paper was flooded with angry letters. "The appearance of the recipe, like the torte itself, is bittersweet," wrote a reader in Tarrytown, N.Y. "Summer is leaving, fall is coming. That's what your annual recipe is all about. Don't be grumpy about it." We are not! And we pledge that every year, as summer gives way to fall, we will make sure that the recipe is easily available to one and all. The original 1983 recipe called for 1 cup sugar; the 1989 version reduced that to 3/4 cup. We give both options below. Here are five ways to adapt the torte.
Provided by Marian Burros
Categories breakfast, brunch, easy, weekday, times classics, dessert
Time 1h15m
Yield 8 servings
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Heat oven to 350 degrees.
- Cream the sugar and butter in a bowl. Add the flour, baking powder, salt and eggs and beat well.
- Spoon the batter into a springform pan of 8, 9 or 10 inches. Place the plum halves skin side up on top of the batter. Sprinkle lightly with sugar and lemon juice, depending on the sweetness of the fruit. Sprinkle with about 1 teaspoon of cinnamon, depending on how much you like cinnamon.
- Bake 1 hour, approximately. Remove and cool; refrigerate or freeze if desired. Or cool to lukewarm and serve plain or with whipped cream. (To serve a torte that was frozen, defrost and reheat it briefly at 300 degrees.)
Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 350, UnsaturatedFat 4 grams, Carbohydrate 57 grams, Fat 13 grams, Fiber 3 grams, Protein 4 grams, SaturatedFat 8 grams, Sodium 63 milligrams, Sugar 42 grams, TransFat 0 grams
GRANDMA GELDNER'S APFEL KUCHEN (APPLE KUCHEN)
This comes from a rich German heritage. Grandma always made the best "apfel" kuchen. Her recipes were always simple, but tasted great!
Provided by WI Cheesehead
Categories Dessert
Time 55m
Yield 8-10 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Mix 1 1/4 cup flour, baking powder, 2 tsp sugar, and salt and sift once.
- Cut 1/2 cup butter into dry mix with a pastry blender to pea size.
- In a small bowl, beat egg with 2 T milk and add to dry mix.
- Mix thoroughly and pat dough into a greased or oiled 9x13-inch baking dish.
- Pare and core apples.
- Cut into thin wedge slices and place on dough in rows until covered. We would cover the thin end of one apple with the thick end of the other.
- Dot apples with 2 T butter and mix 3/4 cup sugar, 1 1/2 Tbs flour and cinnamon together.
- Spread dry topping over dotted apples, and bake in oven for 30-45 minutes, until golden brown.
PLUM TORTE
Provided by Marian Burros
Categories Cake Mixer Fruit Dessert Bake Plum Summer Vegetarian Pescatarian Peanut Free Tree Nut Free Soy Free Kosher
Yield Makes 8 servings
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- 1. Arrange a rack in the lower third of the oven. Preheat the oven to 350°F.
- 2. In an electric mixer, cream the 3/4 cup sugar and butter. Add the flour, baking powder, eggs, and salt and beat to mix well. Place in a 9- or 10-inch ungreased springform pan. Cover the top with the plums, skin side down. Mix the cinnamon with the remaining 1 or 2 tablespoons of sugar and sprinkle over the top.
- 3. Bake for 40 to 50 minutes, until the center tests done with a toothpick. Remove and cool to room temperature or serve warm. Serve plain or with vanilla ice cream.
GRANDMA GELDNER'S FAMOUS INHALERS
These are so good, my husband literally inhales them. He gets a tin of them for Christmas each year and they go fast! Just a note: This is for peanut butter lovers and those who like very sweet stuff. I can only handle a couple of these :) (and normally I can handle pretty sweet desserts, but usu. recipes with regular chocolate.)
Provided by WI Cheesehead
Categories Drop Cookies
Time 10m
Yield 60 cookies
Number Of Ingredients 5
Steps:
- Melt white chocolate and peanut butter together in a double boiler.
- Add remaining ingredients and mix well.
- Drop by tablesponfuls onto parchment lined cookie sheets and let cool.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 104.3, Fat 7, SaturatedFat 2.2, Cholesterol 1.1, Sodium 42, Carbohydrate 8.7, Fiber 0.7, Sugar 6.1, Protein 2.9
PFLAUMENKUCHEN (GERMAN PLUM TART)
This is considered to be THE German fruit tart. Traditionally this is baked on yeast pastry, but the sweet German pastry is also a perfect base. It must be made with cold butter and the dough chilled before using, otherwise there is a tendency to add additional flour, which is a mistake. The crust rises up between the fruits and the delicious juices are absorbed into the pastry.
Provided by pleiad7
Categories Dessert
Time 1h35m
Yield 1 tart, 6-8 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- In a bowl combine flour, baking powder, and salt.
- Cut in cold butter and and work with the fingers for the pie crust until the butter is the size of peas.
- Stir in sugar and the beaten egg.
- Stir with a fork until mixture gathers together. Chill 15 minutes in the freezer.
- Using a piece of wax paper to prevent the dough from sticking to the hands, press onto the bottom and sides of a greased 13 x 9 inch baking dish.
- Wash, dry, halve lengthwise, and stone the plums. Stand them on edge in rows very close together on the pastry.
- Bake at 375 degrees for 50 minutes. Cool, then cover with sifted powdered sugar.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 375.4, Fat 16.8, SaturatedFat 10, Cholesterol 75.9, Sodium 248.3, Carbohydrate 54.4, Fiber 2.7, Sugar 36, Protein 4.4
GRANDMA'S BUTTER TARTS
This was my Grandma's recipe and has been a family favorite for years. Every time she would make these we would practically inhale them. Now, I make them on all the holidays. My family absolutely raves about them. They get gobbled up so fast that I always have to make a couple batches! Note: I don't put raisins and nuts in the filling mixture at first. I add them to each individual tart after I've poured in the mixture. About 5-8 raisins and a sprinkle of nuts to each tart. Also, to get a really flakey crust, keep all ingredients and utensils cold. I put my bowl, rolling pin, pastry whisk, and the flour I will use in the freezer prior to making and I keep the butter and shortening in the fridge until ready to use
Provided by ProudMamaT
Categories Tarts
Time 1h15m
Yield 12-18 tarts, 6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 425°F.
- Filling:.
- Mix all ingredients until well blended; set aside.
- Pastry:.
- Cut butter and shortening together using a fork or pastry whisk utensil.
- Slowly add salt and flour to the butter and shortening cutting it in until the mixture looks like small crumbles.
- Add cold water one tablespoon at a time until the dough sticks together.
- Roll out the dough to about 1/8 inch thick.
- Use a wide mouthed glass (I use a pint glass) to cut out circles.
- Place circles into an ungreased cupcake pan.
- Pour filling into the crusts, about a quarter of the way full. Be careful not to over fill as the mixture will bubble up and make the tarts stick to the pan.
- Bake in oven at 425°F for about 12-15 minutes or until crust is golden brown.
- Good luck and enjoy!
Nutrition Facts : Calories 837.8, Fat 50.3, SaturatedFat 21.4, Cholesterol 98.8, Sodium 442.2, Carbohydrate 94.3, Fiber 2.5, Sugar 44.7, Protein 7.7
GRANDMA'S BUTTER TARTS
This recipe has been past down from my Grandma to so many people. I have tasted many butter tarts, but these are definitely the best. Everyone who has ever tasted one has asked for the recipe. We make these every year at Christmas. Hope you enjoy these as much as my family does.
Provided by Purdy Good Cook
Categories Tarts
Time 25m
Yield 12-15 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Melt butter.
- Beat in eggs.
- Beat in all other ingredients except raisens or currents.
- Stir in raisens.
- Fill tart shells 2/3 full.
- Bake at 400 degrees until pastry is brown & center is bubbling. Approximately 10-13min.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 223.1, Fat 8.5, SaturatedFat 5.1, Cholesterol 51.3, Sodium 86.1, Carbohydrate 37.5, Fiber 0.5, Sugar 28.4, Protein 1.5
Tips:
- Use ripe, flavorful plums. This will ensure that your torte has the best possible flavor. If you can't find ripe plums, you can use frozen or canned plums, but they will not have as good a flavor as fresh plums.
- Don't overmix the batter. Overmixing can result in a tough, dry torte. Mix the batter just until the ingredients are combined.
- Bake the torte until it is golden brown and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. This will ensure that the torte is cooked through.
- Let the torte cool completely before serving. This will allow the flavors to meld and the torte to set.
- Serve the torte with whipped cream, ice cream, or your favorite fruit compote. This will add a delicious finishing touch to the torte.
Conclusion:
Grandma Geldner's Pflaum Plum Torte is a delicious and easy-to-make dessert that is perfect for any occasion. With its sweet and tart plums, moist and fluffy cake, and crumbly streusel topping, this torte is sure to be a hit with everyone who tries it. So next time you're looking for a special dessert to make, give Grandma Geldner's Pflaum Plum Torte a try. You won't be disappointed!
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