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Heavy Pound Cake

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Ingredients

Ingredients for 1 Torte (10in (26 cm) diameter)

  • 2 sticks plus 5 tbsp 300 g Butter
  • 2⅔ cups 300 g Wheat flour or
  • 2 cups 300 g Cornstarch
  • 1½ cups 190 g Confectioner’s sugar
  • Dash of vanilla sugar
  • Dash of salt
  • Lemon zest
  • 6 Egg yolks
  • 6 Egg whites
  • ½ cup 125 g Granulated sugar
  • 6 tbsp 50 g Flour
  • Butter for the form

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 410 °F (210 °C).
  • Cream the butter with the cornstarch, confectioner’s sugar, vanilla sugar, salt, and lemon zest.
  • Mix in egg yolks little by little.
  • Begin to beat the egg whites, add granulated sugar, beat to stiff peaks, and then blend into the butter mixture.
  • Fold in the flour.
  • Fill a buttered torte form and bake for 20 minutes at 410 °F (210 °C).
  • Open the oven slightly and turn the temperature down little by little to 340 °F (170 °C).
  • Continue to bake for about 40 minutes
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Course; Cake / Dessert
Cuisine; Austria / European