Hungarian Lemon Cake
1 hour
A soft lemon cake also known as Kossuth Kifli. Its a rich tangy cake which makes a perfect big occasion cake or a cake for a party.
Deborah K
7 people made this
Ingredients
Serves: 25
- 230g butter
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 8 eggs, separated
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla essence
- grated rind of one lemon
- juice of one lemon
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 2/3 cups flour
- 1/4 cup icing sugar
Directions
Preparation:30min ›
Cook:30min ›
Ready in:1hour
- In a large bowl cream butter and sugar together. Beat in egg yolks one by one.
- Add vanilla, lemon rind and lemon juice.
- Gradually add in baking powder and flour.
- In a separate bowl beat egg whites until stiff, then fold egg whites into batter.
- Spread batter into a 22x33cm floured cake tin
- Bake 25 to 30 minutes. Col in the tin for 15 minutes before removing to a rack.
