Ingredients

  • 2 1/16 cups powdered sugar
  • 1 1/8 cups softened butter
  • 1 1/4 cups all purpose flour
  • 15/16 cup potato starch
  • 6 9/16 tablespoons egg yolks approximately 6 eggs
  • 6 9/16 tablespoons eggs approximately 2 eggs
  • 2 lemons
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 2/3 tablespoon baking powder

Method

  • Preheat the oven to 175-180C.
  • Cut the butter into small pieces and cream it with a mixer, then slowly add the powdered sugar and continue beating until the mixture is light and foamy.
  • Beat the eggs lightly with a fork and add them, a little at a time, to the butter and sugar mixture. Repeat this procedure with the egg yolks. Next, add the lemon peel and the vanilla extract.
  • Sift the flour with the potato starch and the baking powder and fold this mixture carefully into the batter by using a spatula or a wooden spoon.
  • Butter and flour a cake pan of your choice, pour the batter inside and bake for approximately 20 to 30 minutes until the cake is done.
  • Remove the cake from the oven and let it cool completely. Serve sprinkled with a generous amount of powdered sugar.