a favorite sweet treat

This is a traditional Mennonite treat the kids can make
together very easily. It's delicious but very sweet so we
don't make it too often but when we do, we sure enjoy it!
I love the more tart fruits like plums or sour cherries
which balance out the sweetness perfectly.
Today S and H helped me make it with last  summer's
Italian plums from our freezer.

Batter

1/2 cup    butter
1/2 cup    sugar
2              eggs
1 tsp.       vanilla
2 cups     flour
2 tsp.       baking powder

3/4 cup     milk

2-4 cups  fruit (fresh or frozen, not canned; good ones are Italian plums,
blackberries, peaches, strawberries and rhubarb, sour cherries... )

Cream butter, sugar, eggs and vanilla.
Combine dry ingredients in separate bowl and mix into creamed mixture
alternating with milk. The batter should be thick enough to spread, not pourable.
Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper, spread batter about
1 cm thick covering the whole sheet.
Arrange fruit on top however you like.

Topping (Rübel)

1 cup    flour
1 cup    sugar
1/2 cup  butter

Sprinkle rübel all over fruit and bake at 350 for 30 minutes.
To brown the top, at the end of 30 minutes turn oven on broil and watch carefully.
Broil until golden (only takes a couple of minutes).


Today we had the bonus of having some leftover vanilla ice cream we
made this week to add on the side!
They were perfect together.

My variations and conversions are originally based on a recipe I found online several years ago.