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Eastern lamb cake (lammele)
Eastern lamb cake (lammele)
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The lammele is a soft cake in a shape of a lamb, and is served during the eastern day. This cake can be found in the region Alsace in France, some parts of Germany, and Austria. This cake is a typical symbol of eastern for christan.

Ingredient List for 8 servings:
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200 gr Flour
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100 gr Sugar
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50 gr Starch
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1 teaspoon Vanilla sugar
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3 Egg
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0,5 teaspoon Baking powder
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5 tablespoons Warm water
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1 teaspoon Icing sugar
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Oven temperature:
180
Instructions:
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Preheat the oven at 180 degree Celsius.
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Separate the egg white from the egg yellow in different bowls.
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Add the warm water in the bowl of egg yellows.
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Add the sugar, and vanilla sugar in the egg yellow and water and whip it to a creamy consistence.
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Whip the egg white to a hard consistence.
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Mix the egg whites and the egg yellow mixtures together very gently with a spatula.
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Pour the flour, the starch and the baking powder though a strainer in the egg mixture, and mix gently with the spatula.
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Butter the lamb baking form, put a lot of butter in the ear of the lamb.
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If you have a form that is divide in 2 pieces, put them together tightly.
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Put the form upside down, and pour the dough in the form.
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Place the form in the middle of the oven for 40 minutes.
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Take out the form and let it cool down in room temperature.
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Take out the cake from the form gently.
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Put it on a serving plate and sprinkle icing sugar on the cake.
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Put a ribbon around the neck of the lamb as decoration.
A selection of recipes from the same country.
This recipe is from France , Alsace.
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Bredele- Alsatian Christmas cookies can be found in many variations of both the shape and taste. Most of them are made with baking powder, egg, flour and sugar as a base. Even though this version it is made with both coconut and chocolate it is not too sweet.
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