Connola's german plum cake Recipe

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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