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Sand Cake

4 servings

Ingredients

• 500 g Butter (clarified)
• 10 pcs Egg yolks
• 250 g Sugar
• 500 g Potato flour
• 6 pcs Egg whites (beaten)
• 0.5 tsp Mace (ground)
• 1 pcs Lemon (grated)
• 1 small glass Rum

Instructions

1. Cream the clarified butter until light and fluffy, then alternately add egg yolks and sugar, beating the mixture for one hour.
2. Mix in potato flour, beaten egg whites, mace, grated lemon zest, and rum.
3. Pour the mixture into a buttered mold, bake slowly, glaze with royal icing, and decorate with preserved fruits.

Modernized from a treasured 19th-century German cookbook.