Baumkuchen cake

Ingredients for 1 servings:

• 10 eggs, separated
• 75 g cornstarch
• 1 pinch of salt
• 130 g flour
• 200 g butter
• ½ tsp lemon zest, grated
• 1 packet of Bourbon vanilla sugar
• 200 g sugar
• 200 g nougat glaze
• Brittle

Instructions

Working time approx. 1 hour; Cooking/baking time approx. 20 minutes; Total time approx. 1 hour 20 minutes

Beat the egg yolks, sugar, vanilla sugar, and lemon zest until white and fluffy. In a second bowl, cream the butter until fluffy. Sift the flour, mix it with the cornstarch, and stir it into the butter. Mix in the egg yolk cream. Beat the egg whites with salt until stiff peaks and fold into the batter. Pour a ladleful of batter into a 26 cm springform pan and bake in a preheated oven at 175 °C for about 4 minutes until golden brown. Then add another ladleful to the baked batter and bake for another 4 minutes. Repeat this process until all the batter is used up. Remove the Baumkuchen from the pan and let it cool. Cover the cake with the nougat glaze and decorate with brittle.