Ingredients:

Ingredients:

Dough using Baking Powder

Dry Ingredients:
2 cups flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1-1/2 teaspoons baking powder

or

2 cups Bisquick or Baking Mix

Wet Ingredients:
2 large eggs
1/2 cup milk
1/4-1/2 cup sugar (depending on how sweet you like it)
1/2 stick or 4 tablspoons butter softened or melted
1 /2 teaspoon grated lemon peel

Topping:
5-7 medium plums
1 -2 tablespoons sugar or Truvia
1 /2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/ 2 teaspoon cinnamon

White sugar Streusal
1/4 cup white sugar
1/2 cup white flour
4 tablespoons softened butter

Directions:

Baking Powder Dough:

1. Place the dry ingredients in the bowl. If you are using a baking mix I mix the sugar in with the milk to help it dissolve. We like our Kuchen not so sweet so we use 1/4 cup sugar , but if you do use 1/2 cup.

2. Make a well in the center and add the eggs. Whisk the eggs then add the milk and blend in. Add the softened butter and lemon peel and lightly blend in. Don't overmix. Now you can use this like you would the yeast dough to form your base for the kuchen.

Prepare the Plums:

3. Cut pit and slice the each half into 4 wedges
Coat with a little sugar or Truvia

Assemble the Kuchen:

4. Press the dough into a spring form pan and push the sides up a bit, then place the plums cut side
up in a circle around the edge, then make another row inside that one....then another in the center.

5. Let's make the Streusal:
Use softened or melted butter and mix the flour, sugar and cinnamon if you want it in a bowl.

6. Work the streusal with a spoon and fingers till you get small crumbles. Top the plums with Streusal.

Let's Bake the Kuchen:

7. Bake the Kuchen for 35 -40 min at 350 till nice and brown on top.

8. Remove kuchen and place on a rack to cool for an hour before you remove from the pan.
Serve with whipped cream.