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How to Make Lotus Cake

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How to Make Lotus Cake

Make Lotus Cake with this unbeatable recipe! One of the tastiest and easiest cake recipes you can prepare at home with guaranteed success and low cost.

Total time65 min
Prep25 min
Cook40 min
Yield8 servings
DifficultyEasy
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DessertsInternationalVegetarianNut freeEasyLong cook

Recipe story

How to make Lotus Cake — the most delicious homemade cake you’ll ever eat :)

Ingredients

  • 2 cups minus 2 tablespoons sifted flour
  • 2 eggs, at room temperature
  • 2 tablespoons cornstarch
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
  • 3 teaspoons baking powder
  • a pinch of vanilla
  • zest of lemon
  • 1 tablespoon white vinegar
  • 3 tablespoons Lotus Biscoff spread, plus extra for decoration
  • 1 cup yogurt
  • This delicious recipe is by:
  • rana sbeite bazze
  • For more wonderful pastries from Rana’s kitchen, here is Zalabia
  • To get the stuffed brioche recipe from Rana’s kitchen, click this link: How to Make Stuffed Brioche Sweet

Method

  1. Preheat the oven to 180°C.
  2. Sift the flour and dry ingredients 3 times.
  3. Then beat the eggs, sugar, Lotus spread, and yogurt for 5 minutes.
    Timers: 5 min
  4. Add the dry ingredients and continue beating for 2 minutes only.
    Timers: 2 min
  5. Grease a cake pan with a little butter, then dust it with flour and pour in the Lotus cake batter.
  6. Bake in the preheated oven, reducing the temperature to 170°C, for about 40 minutes or until the cake is cooked through and risen.
    Timers: 40 min
  7. Melt the reserved Lotus spread in the microwave for 1 minute. Once the cake is done, place it on a rack to cool completely.
    Timers: 1 min
  8. Spread Lotus spread over the cake and decorate with a little Lotus biscuit, if desired.

Notes and serving ideas

  • Zalabia
  • How to Make Stuffed Brioche Sweet
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