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🍰 Light Lemon Cake
252 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings
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Ingredients
- Lemons 2 pcs
- Eggs 5 pcs
- Sugar 150 g
- Quark, low-fat 250 g
- Wheat flour, Type 405 200 g
- Baking powder 2 tsp
- Salt 1 pinch
- Powdered sugar 150 g
Instructions
- 1. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius with top and bottom heat.
- 2. Wash the lemons thoroughly under hot running water.
- 3. Finely grate about two teaspoons of lemon zest.
- 4. Squeeze the juice from the lemons.
- 5. Separate the eggs by placing the yolks and whites into two separate small bowls.
- 6. Beat the egg yolks together with the sugar in a large bowl using a hand mixer with whisk attachments until frothy.
- 7. Gently fold the quark (a type of fresh cheese) and the grated lemon zest into the egg yolk mixture.
- 8. Sift the flour, baking powder, and a pinch of salt into the bowl.
- 9. Mix the dry ingredients briefly into the batter.
- 10. Beat the egg whites in a clean bowl until stiff peaks form.
- 11. Gently fold the stiff egg whites into the finished batter.
- 12. Pour the batter into a loaf pan.
- 13. Bake the cake in the oven for about 55 minutes.
- 14. Carefully remove the cake from the oven.
- 15. Allow the cake to cool down completely.
- 16. Whisk four tablespoons of lemon juice with powdered sugar in a small bowl.
- 17. Stir the glaze until it has a thick, pourable consistency.
- 18. Pour the glaze over the cooled cake.
- 19. Let the glaze set.
- 20. Serve the lemon cake.
Nutrition per serving
- kcal: 252
- Protein: 9 g · Fett/Fat: 6 g · Carbs: 42 g