Pflaumenkuchen (plum cake)

4 c  flour
      3    Sticks butter or marg.
      1 c  Sugar
      1 ts Salt
      4    Egg yolks (save whites)
      1 tb vanilla
      3 lb Purple plums (the little
           Ones) approx.
           Apricot or peach jam
 
  make a dough from the first 6 ingredients, press into cookie sheet with
  your fingers, forming a rim.  Spread thin layer of peach or apricot jam on
  top of dough.  Now put your plums (which have been quartered) in rows on
  the dough.  Beat egg whites slightly and brush over plums, sprinkle two TBL
  of flour over egg whites. Bake at 375 degrees for 40 minutes. If too sour
  shake some powdered sugar on top.
  
  This can also be made in the winter substituting apples for the plums.
  
  recipe by: Herta Small (my mom) Typos by: Molli