JUICY LEMON CAKE

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When the temperatures rise outside and we humans sit dog-like panting in our own 4 walls and ask ourselves what would taste good with coffee, then you inevitably come to a lemon cake. This is thanks to its fresh taste a real boon and with the pleasant sweetness it warms our hearts. 

But all kidding aside, lemon cake is great all year round, of course, and this one is nice and moist and fluffy, has a pleasant fresh taste, and you can make it in a loaf pan, a bundt pan (see picture), or even as a sheet cake. The preparation takes only a few minutes and so you have practically in record time a great cake on the plate.


Ingredients:

  • 350g butter or margarine
  • 350g flour
  • 350g sugar
  • 6 eggs
  • 1 pk vanilla sugar
  • 1/2 pk baking powder
  • 3 lemons, untreated
  • 250 - 300g powdered sugar
  • chopped pistachios

Preparation:

  1. put the eggs in a bowl with the sugar and mix well
  2. grate the zest of the 3 lemons into a bowl
  3. squeeze the juice of 2 lemons into a cup
  4. Mix the flour with the baking powder, the vanilla sugar and the lemon zest.
  5. Now alternately add 2--3 tablespoons of the flour and then some butter to the eggs in the bowl. Repeat until flour and butter are completely incorporated.
  6. Make sure butter and flour are well blended.
  7. Prepare the pan with baking spray or oil. If you prefer to make the cake as a sheet cake, please line with baking paper.
  8. Pour the dough into the pan or tray
  9. Now bake the cake: 175°C. Bundt cake 45 minutes, sheet cake 25-30 minutes. I definitely recommend testing with chopsticks if it's really done!
  10. While the cake is in the oven, prepare the frosting. To do this, mix the powdered sugar with the lemon juice and mix well. It should be a viscous mixture. For the sheet cake you will need a little more powdered sugar, for the gugelhupf a little less.
  11. Remove the finished cake from the oven and prick the still warm cake a few times with a fork to allow the frosting to seep into the cake.
  12. Frost the cake and sprinkle with chopped pistachios - they really give the cake the finishing touch!

If you would like to see the whole thing again as an entertaining video tutorial, I would like to recommend my video on YouTube:



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