Question for Cathe about German Lamb Cake ;)

[tamaralnorton]

Hello!

This is for Cathe and/or any other Germans in the crowd Every easter my German grandmother would make lamb cakes for us kids. Since her passing many years ago, my aunt took over the tradition. Unfortunately, she has been in the ICU for the past few weeks fighting a terrible infection so I'm going to be giving this tradition a shot. However, I can't get the correct German recipe because she can't communicate at this point. I thought Cathe might have a reference or maybe can point me in the right direction! Have a great day!!

~*Tammi*~

 

[morningstar]

I'm not Cathe and not German, but, there's this one:

Lamb Cake (Molded)

Ingredients

1 1/2 c sugar
1/3 c butter
1 c milk
5 egg whites
3 ts baking powder
3 c flour; (cake flour preferred
1 ts vanilla extract; or almond
1 ; or lemon flavor
1 two-part lamb cake mold

Instructions

Preheat oven to 300 F.

Cream sugar and butter. Sift flour and baking powder. Add flour to
sugar/butter mixture alternately with milk. Add flavoring. Fold in
well-beaten egg whites [beaten to soft-peak stage].

Prepare mold [grease well with solid shortening and dust with flour,
or alternately, spray thoroughly with pan coating]. Fill face side
first, attach back side, and bake for 50 minutes. Turn off oven.
Flip to bake back in turned-off oven for 10 minutes.

Ice with 7-minute Icing. Sprinkle with white coconut (dye brown or
black for different-colored lambs). Use small raisins for eyes and a
small red cinnamon candy for the nose. Lay Easter grass around and
tie pastel-colored ribbon around the neck.

Or this one:

Lamb Cake

Ingredients

2 c sifted cake flour
3/4 ts baking powder
1/4 ts salt
1/4 ts mace
1 c butter or margarine
1 c plus 2 tablespoons sugar
2 ts grated lemon peel
1 shredded coconut
1 1/2 ts vanilla extract
1/2 ts almond extract
4 eggs
1 tb flour
2 tb shortening
1 seven-minute frosting

Instructions

Sift together cake flour, baking powder, salt, and mace. Cream butter.
Gradually add sugar, creaming until fluffy. Add lemon peel and
extracts. Alternately beat in eggs and flour mixture. Blend 1
tablespoon flour into shortening. Brush over both inside sections of
a lamb mold. Turn batter into face side of mold, fllling it level.
Spoon a small amount of batter into each side of mold, filling ears.
Close and lock mold. Set on baking sheet. Bake at 375F 50 to 55
minutes. Set mold on wire rack to cool 5 minutes. Remove back side.
Cool 5 minutes longer. Turn out on rack to cool completely. Frost
with Seven-Minute Frosting. Coat with coconut.

 

[tamaralnorton]

Great! Thanks so much...I'm so excited to make these!