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Tvaroháč: Quark sheet cake with raisins and lemon zest

Quark sheet cake with tender dough, a smooth quark filling with lemon zest and raisins, and a lattice top. Bakes 25–30 minutes at 200 °C (400 °F).

Slovak cuisine · Translated from Slovak ·

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Recipe at a glance

Prep time
20 min
Cook time
30 min
Total time
50 min
Temperature
200 °C (400 °F)
Servings
8 servings
Difficulty
Medium
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Tvaroháč with raisins and lemon zest is a tried-and-true homemade quark cake baked on a sheet pan, with a lattice made of dough. A tender dough made with grated butter is divided into two parts: one forms the bottom and edges, and from the other, strips are cut for the lattice. The filling goes between them: 1 kg of smooth quark, egg yolks, sugar, lemon zest, and plumped raisins.

Before baking, the top is brushed with sour cream. The cake bakes for 25 to 30 minutes at 200 °C (400 °F) and serves about eight.

Ingredients

Filling

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Instructions

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  1. Mix the grated butter with the other dough ingredients and knead into a smooth dough.

    Divide it into two halves. Roll out one and spread it over a greased and floured baking sheet so that it covers the bottom and the edges.

  2. For the filling, mix the quark with the egg yolks, sugar, and lemon zest, and finally stir in the soaked raisins. Spread the filling evenly over the dough.

    Roll out the other half of the dough, cut it into strips, and arrange them over the filling in a lattice.

  3. Brush the top of the cake with the sour cream and bake in an oven preheated to 200 °C (400 °F) for about 25–30 minutes.

Tip: Put the second half of the dough in the refrigerator for a while before cutting the strips; chilled, the tender dough cuts straight with a pastry wheel and does not tear when you lay it into the lattice.

Nutrition facts

Approximate values per serving, calculated from the ingredients

Energy
768 kcal
Protein
25 g
Carbohydrates
90 g
of which sugars
49 g
Fat
35 g
of which saturates
21 g
Fiber
2.0 g
Salt
0.5 g

Calculated from the raw ingredients, without frying oil. Where an amount is “to taste”, typical amounts are used. Food composition: USDA FoodData Central and product labels.

This recipe was translated from the Slovak original: Tvaroháč s hrozienkami a citrónovou kôrou na plech

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