Plum cake fruit in these open tarts or flans is cut into suitably sized pieces and the cake is glazed: red glaze is recommended for red plum and rhubarb flans, whereas apricot glaze is recommended in yellow plum and apricot flans. The German plum cake, known as "Zwetschkenkuchen", can be found all over the country, although its home is Bavaria. In chef Robert Carrier's recipe for it, the base is made from yeast pastry rather than often used shortcrust pastry, because the yeast pastry "soaks up the juice form the plums without becoming soggy". In Italy, plum cake is known by the
Fruit wine bottling. Plum liquor, also known as "plum wine", is popular in both Japan and Korea, and is also produced in China. In China, plum wine is called "meijiu" (梅酒). Plum wine is normally made with distilled liquor and soaked with plum. The alcohol level is higher than typical fruit wine, which is fermented with just fruits. In Taiwan, a popular post-World War II innovation based on Japanese-style plum liquor is "wumeijiu" (烏梅酒; smoked plum liquor), which is made by mixing "Prunus mume" liquor (梅酒 "méijǐu"), "Prunus salicina" liquor (李酒 "lǐjǐu"), and oolong tea liquor. Another similar drink is plum jerkum,