Barbara’s Lemon Cake
A soft, fluffy cake made with flour and vanilla, baked for about an hour, then topped with a simple glaze of powdered sugar and lemon juice.
This German cake, with its fine texture, combines flour and potato starch, enhanced with vanilla. It is topped with a lemon glaze after baking.
Ingredients and directions
- Prep time15 min
- Cook time55 min
- Resting30 min
- Total1 hr 40 min
- DifficultyEasy
- CostBudget
- Cooking methodfour
- Estimated cost$4.71 $0.47 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 7, 2026.
- Vegetarian
Ingredients
people
Cake
- $0.70
- $0.28
- $0.17
- $1.30
- $0.05
- $1.40
- $0.09
Glaze
- $0.57
- $0.15
Prices from US supermarkets for 4 of 9 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.
Directions
- Combine the butter, sugar, flour, cornstarch, vanilla sugar, eggs, salt, and baking powder, then mix until a smooth dough forms. ≈ 4 min
- Bake at 175-195 °C (350-375 °F) for 50-60 minutes (convection: 160 °C).
- Mix the powdered sugar with the lemon juice and drizzle it over the cake. ≈ 4 min
The bill
Barbara’s Lemon Cake
- 200 g of butter or margarine$0.70
- 250 g of sugar$0.28
- 125 g of flour$0.17
- 125 g of potato starch$1.30
- 1 packet of vanilla sugar$0.05
- 4 eggs$1.40
- 1 package of baking powder$0.09
- 150 g of powdered sugar$0.57
- 4 tablespoons of lemon juice$0.15
Total$4.71
that's $0.47 per person
Estimated price; varies by store.
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