Quick Quark Pound Cake
by Chrisi
A moist and quick pound cake with quark, ideal for a small loaf or bundt pan.
Ingredients
- Eggs (size M) 2
- Quark (low-fat or regular) 250 g
- Butter or margarine (softened) 120 g
- Sugar 150 g
- Vanilla sugar 1 packet
- Salt 1 pinch
- Lemon (zest) 0.5
- All-purpose flour 300 g
- Baking powder 1 packet
- Milk 50 ml
Preparation
- 1
Preheat the oven to 180 °C top/bottom heat (or 160 °C fan oven). Grease a loaf pan and dust with a little flour or breadcrumbs.
- 2
Beat 120 g butter, 150 g sugar, 1 packet vanilla sugar, 1 pinch salt, and the zest of 0.5 lemon in a bowl until creamy.
- 3
Add the 2 eggs one at a time, beating for about 30 seconds after each addition.
- 4
Stir 250 g quark into the egg-butter mixture.
- 5
Mix 300 g flour with 1 packet baking powder.
- 6
Alternately stir the flour mixture and 50 ml milk into the batter until smooth. Do not overmix.
- 7
Pour the batter into the prepared pan.
- 8
Bake the cake on the middle rack for about 50 to 60 minutes. Perform a toothpick test to check if it is done.
- 9
Let the cake rest briefly in the pan after baking, then turn it out and let it cool completely on a wire rack.