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    Home » Recipes » German Cake Recipes

    German Easter Lamb Cake

    Published: Apr 10, 2020 · Modified: Mar 8, 2022 by Angela Schofield · 3 Comments

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    This traditional German recipe for a Easter lamb is very easy to make. The cake is moist and tender and is a favorite at German Easter celebrations.

    Easter Lamb Cake Collage

    The tradition of baking an Easter lamb cakes goes way back in German history and many other countries joined this beautiful baking tradition. In Christian religions the lamb stands for both sacrifice and new life.

    German Easter Lamb Cake Pin

    How is a Easter Lamb Cake called in German?

    Lamb cakes are called "Lammkuchen".

    How to pronounce "Osterlamm"?

    Listen to this audio file to hear how to say "Osterlamm" in German.

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    Authentic German Easter Lamm Cake Recipe

    Recipe

    German Easter Lamb Cake Recipe

    German Easter Lamb Cake

    Angela Schofield
    4.67 from 3 votes
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    Prep Time 20 minutes mins
    Cook Time 40 minutes mins
    Total Time 1 hour hr
    Cuisine German
    Servings 3 Cakes
    Calories 1507 kcal

    Ingredients
      

    • 17 tbsp. butter
    • 1 ¼ cups sugar
    • 1 tsp. vanilla extract
    • 5 eggs
    • 3 cups flour
    • 1 tsp. lemon zest or ½ tsp. lemon extract
    • 5 tbsp. milk
    • 2 ½ tsp. baking powder
    • Bread crumbs to sprinkle baking pans
    • Powdered sugar to sprinkle

    Instructions
     

    • Place soft butter into a large bowl and whip until creamy and light.
    • Add sugar and vanilla extract and mix well.
    • While beating add one egg at a time.
    • Mix in lemon zest.
    • In a medium bowl mix flour and baking powder.
    • Alternating sieve flour mix and milk to the wet ingredients while whisking.
    • Grease cake pans and evenly sprinkle with bread crumbs.
    • Fill each of the pans ⅔ with batter.
    • Bake in a 400 F preheated oven for 40 min.
    • Carefully remove the cake from the cake pan and allow to completely cool on cooling rack.
    • Sprinkle generously with powdered sugar.

    Notes

    This recipe make 2-3 cakes depending on the size of your lamb cake pan. In case you don´t have a lamb cake pan you can use a gugelhupf (bundt cake) pan or mini bundt cake pans.

    Nutrition

    Yield: 1CakeCalories: 1507kcalCarbohydrates: 183gProtein: 24gFat: 77gFiber: 3gSugar: 85g
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    Tip

    In case you would like to make this recipe but don´t have a lamb baking pan you can use mini gugelhupf pans or a bundt cake pan.

    gugelhupf min cake pan

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    1. Franklin Elsass says

      May 29, 2021 at 4:03 pm

      Thanks, Franklin Elsass for alltastesgerman.com

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