Vanillukaka

Vanilla cake

Ingredients

250 g butter
4 eggs
200 g powdered sugar
2 tsp ground vanilla
1 tsp grated lemon peel
250 g flour
1 Tbsp lemon juice
1 pinch of salt
2 Tbsp powdered sugar for dusting


Preparation

Preheat the oven to 350 °F (180 °C) upper/lower heat.

Melt the butter and cool slightly again.

Separate the eggs.

Mix the egg yolks with the powdered sugar, vanilla and grated lemon peel until foamy.

Fold in the flour and mix.

Add the melted butter and lemon juice and stir everything together.

Carefully beat the egg whites with the salt until stiff and fold them into the remaining dough in portions.

Line a rectangular baking pan (approx. 20 cm x 30 cm) with baking paper.

Pour the dough into the mold, smooth it out and bake in the lower third of the preheated oven for about 30 minutes at 350 °F (180 °C) upper and lower heat.

Cut the vanilla cuca into rectangular pieces while it is still warm and sprinkle with powdered sugar...

...then let it cool and serve.

[Translated from here.]