Oma's Sandkuchen: Legendary German Pound Cake
My legendary pound cake recipe (Sandkuchen) is this one. My Oma made it, my Mutti made it, and now I make it! It's so quick and easy to make and tastes SO good!
- Prep time
- 25 min
- Cook time
- 1 hr
- Yield
- 10 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 1 cup butter, room temperature
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 4 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- ¾ cup cornstarch
- 1¼ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon grated lemon zest
- 2 teaspoons powdered sugar
Instructions
- 1
Preheat oven to 375°F.
- 2
Prepare a 3x10-inch loaf baking pan by greasing and flouring it.
- 3
In a large bowl, cream together butter and sugar.
- 4
Add eggs, beating well after each one. Continue beating until light in color and fluffy. Add vanilla.
- 5
Mix together cornstarch, flour, and baking powder. Stir into butter mixture. Add lemon rind and stir.
- 6
Pour batter into greased and floured loaf pan, smoothing top.
- 7
Bake for 1 hour or until wooden toothpick poked into centre comes out clean.
- 8
Place pan on wire rack and let cake cool in pan for 10 minutes.
- 9
Invert pan to remove cake and let cool on wire rack.
- 10
Put powdered sugar into a sieve and tap over cake to dust.