German Lemon Cake With Cranberry Aka Cranberry Zitronenkuchen

Category: Desserts & Sweets | Blog URL: http://angiesrecipes.blogspot.com/2010/01/german-lemon-cake-with-cranberry-aka.html

This recipe was entered in The Foodista Best of Food Blogs Cookbook contest, a compilation of the world’s best food blogs which was published in Fall 2010.

Photo: Angie's Recipes

Ingredients

3 Lemons

375 grams German#405 flour, sifted

1 tablespoon Baking powder

190 grams Butter, softened

370 grams Sugar (I used 250 g)

Pinch of salt

6 Eggs

75 ml Whipping cream

175 grams Cranberries, dried

150 grams Powdered sugar

Preparation

Grate the zest of two lemons, careful that you are grating only the coloured part of the rind. And squeeze the lemon to extract 11 tablespoons of juice. Grease and flour a 32x11 cm loaf pan. Preheat the oven to 180C/350F. Whisk together the flour and baking powder in a bowl.

Cream the butter, sugar and pinch of salt with a hand-held beater until light and fluffy. Add in eggs one at a time, alternately mixing in a tablespoon of flour mixture after each addition. Pour in the whipping cream, and then 8 tablespoons of lemon juice and finely grated zest. Fold to combine. Sift in the rest of the flour mixture and gently stir to combine. Finally fold the dried cranberries into the batter.

Pour the batter into the prepared loaf pan. Place the pan on the lower second rack and bake for about 80-90 minutes. After 35 minutes, cover the cake with a foil greased with butter. Remove and cool the cake in the tin briefly. Then remove the cake from the tin and allow it to cool completely.

Sift the powdered sugar in a bowl and add in the rest of lemon juice. Stir to combine. Pour evenly over the cake. Allow the glaze to set before slicing and serving.