Heavy Pound Cake
Ingrediënten
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
Instructies
- 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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