Recipe Details

Osterlamm (German Easter Lamb Cake)

A soft sponge cake baked in a lamb-shaped mold, dusted with powdered sugar, tied with a red ribbon. Every German household has the mold — it comes out at Easter every year.

Prep Time

1 hr 15 min

Category

Dessert

Ingredients

11

Steps

7

Recipe and Instructions

4large eggs, separated, room temperature
150 gcaster sugar
1 tspvanilla extract
1lemon, zested
150 gall-purpose flour
50 gcornstarch
1.5 tspbaking powder
pinchsalt
3 tbspneutral oil or melted butter
generouspowdered sugar for dusting
1red ribbon for decoration

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