Vanilla sponge cake with sugar icing

AUTHOR
Kelley Price
DIFFICULTY
very easy
RATING
4 1
COOK TIME
75 mins
TOTAL TIME
75 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 1
  • 7-10 Tbsp slightly + 125 g soft butter
  • 1/2 Organic Lemon
  • 100 g Double cream cheese
  • 7-10 Tbsp pulp of 1/2 vanilla pod
  • 200 g Sugar
  • 7-10 Tbsp Salt
  • 3 Eggs (Gr. M)
  • 200 g Flour
  • 1 TEASPOON Baking Powder
  • 150 g Icing sugar
  • 2-3 TABLESPOONS Milk

Directions

  1. 1

    Grease a springform pan (20 cm Ø) for the dough. Preheat the oven (electric cooker: 175 °C/circulating air: 150 °C/gas: see manufacturer). Wash lemon hot and dab dry. Finely grate the peel. Squeeze lemon.

  2. 2

    Cream 125 g soft butter, cream cheese, lemon zest, vanilla pulp, sugar and 1 pinch of salt with the whisks of the mixer. Stir in the eggs one by one. Mix flour and baking powder. Stir 2 tablespoons lemon juice into the sugar-egg mixture.

  3. 3

    Smooth the dough in the form. Bake in a hot oven for 45-50 minutes. Remove from the oven. Let it cool down.

  4. 4

    For the icing, sieve icing sugar into a bowl and mix with milk to a smooth icing. Remove the cake from the mould. Spread the icing on the cake and let it dry.

Nutrition Facts

KCAL
300 kcal
CARBS
41 g
FATS
13 g
PROTEINS
5 g