Sand Torte (S ource: Maida Heatter's Cakes (Andrews & McMeel Publishing, 2011 ed. , pg. 30). For this month's Cake Slicers group, I chose the Sand Torte since I have already made the other cakes on the list. Essentially, this is very similar to a pound cake. It is very dense with a "sandy" texture. Despite baking it for only 35 minutes (the actual recipes call for 45 to 55 minutes), mine came out slightly dry. The hint of lemon is very subtle and nice. It would be good served with fruit, ice cream or whipped cream. I have made some of Maida's other pound cake recipes that I thought were better than this one. It was easy to make. I suppose because my cake turned out a bit dry, it was already manageable when it came out of the pan. I went ahead and followed the directions and refrigerated it anyway. Finely grated rind of 1 lemon 2 TBS lemon juice 1 cup sifted all-purpose flour 1 cup unsifted cornstarch 1 3/4 tsps baking powder 8 oz. (2 sticks) bu...
Baking my way through Maida Heatter's recipes