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German Easter Lamb Cake with Easter Eggs in the background
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Easter Lamb Cake Recipe with Hazelnuts

This is a basic recipe for a German Easter Lamb Cake. The cake with made with ground hazelnuts
Course Cake
Cuisine German
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 45 minutes
Servings 4 people
Calories 504kcal
Author Marita

Equipment

  • Easter Lamb Baking Form

Ingredients

  • 3 medium eggs
  • 180 g soft butter (6.3 oz)
  • 170 g  icing/ confectioners sugar 
  • 3 teaspoon vanilla sugar 1 sachet / homemade vanilla sugar recipe / or use 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 pinch salt
  • 150 g flour  (5.2 oz) (Germany 405, UK plain flour, US pastry flour)
  • ¾ teaspoon baking powder
  • 90 g ground hazelnuts (3 oz) - alterantivley use ground almonds

For the baking form

  • some butter and breadcrumbs

Instructions

  • Grease the Easter lamb form on both sides with butter. Sprinkle with some breadcrumbs. 
  • Preheat the oven to 180°C or 356°Fop and bottom heat – 160 °C or 320°F for a fan assisted oven. 
  • Separate the eggs. In a clean bowl, whisk the egg white with half of the icing/ confectioners sugar until you achieve soft peaks. 
  • Now mix the egg yolks, the remaining sugar, vanilla sugar or extract, butter and salt until you achieve a creamy mixture. Carefully add in the flour, baking powder and ground hazelnuts. 
  • Gently fold in the egg whites. 
  • Pour the batter into the cake form. Bake for 30-45 minutes on the lowest shelf
  • Once you remove the cake form from the oven, wrap it in a moist tea towel and leave it to cool for 10 minutes. Then you can proceed to carefully remove the lamb from its form. Leave to cool completely before decorating. 
  • You can decorate it by dusting it with icing powder, or use a simple shop-bought chocolate glaze. 

Nutrition

Calories: 504kcal | Carbohydrates: 78g | Protein: 11g | Fat: 17g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 123mg | Sodium: 138mg | Potassium: 87mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 46g | Vitamin A: 178IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 100mg | Iron: 4mg