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     Title: CONNOLA'S GERMAN PLUM CAKE
Categories: Cakes, Fruits
     Yield: 16 Servings

     1 ts Dry yeast
     1 tb Warm Water
     3 c  Flour
   3/4 c  Sugar
 1-1/2 tb Baking Powder
   3/4 ts Salt
 1-1/4 c  Skim Milk
     6 tb Melted butter
     2 ts Vanilla
     8    Plums; cut thin wedges
   1/2 ts Ground cardamom

 Dissolve yeast in warm water.  Set aside.  Combine flour, 1/2 cup sugar,
 baking powder and salt.  Stir in milk, 5 tbs melted butter, vanilla and
 yeast.  Shape dough into a rectangle about 1/2" thick on a buttered cookie
 sheet. Cover dough with plum wedges. Brush plums with remaining tbs of
 melted butter.  Combine 1/4 cup sugar and cardamom. Sprinkle over top of
 cake. Bake at 375° 30 to 40 min, or until center tests done.

 From: Connie Rizzo

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