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🍰 Heavenly Quark and Gooseberry Cake
485 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings
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Ingredients
- 200 g flour
- 75 g sugar
- 1 pinch salt
- 1 egg
- 140 g butter
- 3 eggs
- 500 g low-fat quark
- 120 g sugar
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- 1.5 tsp cornstarch
- 500 g fresh gooseberries
- flour (for the work surface)
- butter (for the pan)
- powdered sugar (for dusting)
Instructions
- 1. Mix flour, sugar, and salt in a bowl.
- 2. Shape the flour mixture into a mound on your work surface.
- 3. Press a well into the center of the flour.
- 4. Crack the egg into the well.
- 5. Distribute the butter in small pieces around the egg.
- 6. Knead the ingredients quickly into a smooth dough.
- 7. Shape the dough into a ball.
- 8. Wrap the dough ball in cling film.
- 9. Let the dough rest in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.
- 10. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius with top and bottom heat.
- 11. Separate the eggs and set the yolks aside.
- 12. Whisk the egg yolks with quark cheese, sugar, lemon juice, and starch.
- 13. Whip the egg whites with a pinch of salt until stiff.
- 14. Gently fold the egg whites into the quark mixture.
- 15. Wash the gooseberries thoroughly.
- 16. Let the berries drain well.
- 17. Dust your work surface with a little flour.
- 18. Roll out the dough slightly larger than your pan.
- 19. Grease a springform pan with butter.
- 20. Place the dough in the pan and press it up the sides.
- 21. Distribute half of the gooseberries on the dough base.
- 22. Pour the quark mixture evenly over the berries.
- 23. Smooth the surface of the quark mixture.
- 24. Scatter the remaining gooseberries over the cake.
- 25. Bake the cake in the oven for 40 to 45 minutes.
- 26. Cover the cake with buttered baking paper halfway through the baking time.
- 27. Remove the cake from the oven after baking.
- 28. Let the cake cool down completely.
- 29. Cut the cake into slices.
- 30. Dust the slices with powdered sugar.
- 31. Serve the cake.
Nutrition per serving
- kcal: 485
- Protein: 14 g · Fett/Fat: 23 g · Carbs: 58 g