Sand Cake
- Total Time
- 1 hour
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Ingredients
- 1cup butter
- 1cup confectioners' sugar
- 1cup fine granulated sugar
- 4eggs
- ¾cup potato starch or cornstarch
- ¾cup cake flour
- 1teaspoon baking powder
- 1teaspoon vanilla
- Finely grated rind of 1 lemon
Preparation
- Step 1
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Step 2
Cream butter and sugars together thoroughly.
- Step 3
Add eggs one at a time, beating thoroughly after each addition.
- Step 4
Sift starch, cake flour and baking powder together and add, mixing thoroughly.
- Step 5
Add vanilla and lemon rind, mix batter well, pour into buttered and floured tube pan and bake for 45 minutes or until cake tester comes out clean.
- Step 6
When cool, remove from pan and sprinkle with powdered sugar. Serve in slices with vanilla ice cream and lingonberries.
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Comments
This recipe comes the closest to my Polish grandmothers Sandtorte recipe, which was made with potato starch (no flour), butter, 8 eggs, whiskey and confectioners sugar (no granulated). It had a very sandy, smooth texture but sadly I have never been able to re-create it. If I use very high quality potato starch the whole cake collapses after removal from the oven. If anyone has a recipe for a Sandtorte made with potato starch, please share it!
Wonderful cake with coffee, tea or ice crean and fruit. Since I don't like cakes that are too sweet I reduced 1/4 cup to both kinds of sugar.