Zwetschgendatschi (German Plum Sheet Cake)
Zwetschgendatschi is a classic German plum sheet cake from Bavaria - a short crust pastry, topped with Italian plums. It is traditionally served with vanilla sugar-sweetened whipped cream.
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Cook's Note
The dough is not easy to work with - it's pretty dry but bakes great and is a wonderful balance to the plums. If it crumbles, just piece it together, it will bake just fine.
The original recipe is in metric. If you have a scale, the metric measures are 600 g flour, 300 g unsalted butter, 200 g sugar, and 1 kg Italian plums.