For some reason, after a very long hiatus I have begun to bake again. This is a pflaumenkuchen which, having German paternal grandparents, is the essence of mid-summer for me; even after all these years. Unfortunately my grandmother's recipe passed on along with my Aunt so I am attempting to reconstruct it from my taste memory. This one was good, but the plums were the wrong variety & a bit sour. I didn't mind as I like sour but for the "taste of the past", the real temp perdu, I'm going to have to find those small, navy blue Italian prune plums.

The cake isn't quite right either…