You learn something new each day.

[meerkat]

A dragon in miniature! Sweet!

[ChristianBecker]

OK, I want to learn something new. A word.

What do you call a cake like this (it's a plum cake) in English. It's not a round cake or pie, it's baked on a sheet:
Like this

[Kittycat1977]

I am not an expert but it looks like a tart to me (no smart comments please )

[meerkat]

Tart? Open Flan? Delicious?

[ChristianBecker]

Delicious, whilst accurate, is not the word I'm looking for, but thanks.

Open flan sounds like it was open source software .

Thanks so far.

Edit: Someone mentioned "traybake". Ever heard of that?

[Dotsie]

Dunno about a traybake. Generally in English, anything with pastry on the bottom but not on the top is a tart. A flan is sponge on the bottom I think?

[Tonyblack]

I don't think I've ever seen a cake quite like that in Britain.

[Emberella]

A frangipane?

I reckon it's as simple as 'Tart' though. They have lots of open fruity things on the continent, I think like Dotsie said, spongy base is flan, pastry base is tart. It looks pretty darn scrummy though.

[ChristianBecker]

Thanks Emberalla.
I'm not sure what's the difference between pastry and spongy.
It's a yeast dough base with plums on top. Very tasty. Some people like to have some whipped cream with it, but I think that is an abomination.

[Dotsie]

Pastry = outside of a pie
Sponge = what cake is made of

Dough = what you have there is a cheeseless plum pizza, my friend!

[chris.ph]

frangipane is an almond sponge normally used with marzipan to make that stollen cake

[Jan Van Quirm]

Definitely a tart as in the tarte au citron or chocolat category if you're v. posh or live close to a cross-channel ferryport.

In the UK we tend to make small individual tarts in a bun tin and usually it's jam/preserves instead of the whole fruit a la Mr. Kripling (on purpose ). Flans are definitely sponge made with an extra egg so it's firmer than cake sponge

A home made variation



So what you have there is a German plum tart with a Michelin star

[Doughnut Jimmy]

Delicious, whilst accurate, is not the word I'm looking for, but thanks.

Open flan sounds like it was open source software .

Thanks so far.

Edit: Someone mentioned "traybake". Ever heard of that?

I think traybakes are the same recipe as cake just baked in a big baking tray so there's lots of it

[Tonyblack]

Interesting - i see the recipe uses yeast. That kind of takes it out of the pastry bracket and into the bread bracket.

According to Google Translate: 'Pflaumenkuchen' means 'Plum tart', but the 'Pflaumenkuchen m. Hefeteig' makes it 'Plum cake with yeast dough'.

[Emberella]

Dough = what you have there is a cheeseless plum pizza, my friend!