Sandkuchen, as the name says, is a dry version compared to the American pound cake. It’s made with lots of butter and eggs, although the butter can be replaced with oil to make it moist. Another recipe you might like is my French lemon cake (Cake au Citron)
The most popular Gugelhupf form can be ordered here
Can be covered with powdered sugar or a sugar glaze


For this recipe I used two rectangular cake pans. You can order them on Amazon. I like to wrap and freeze one loaf for guests later.
You could use a round pound cake form like these ones below:
Sandkuchen, or German pound cake
Ingredients
- 2 sticks (1 cup) unsalted butter
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 5 eggs
- 1 cup white flour
- 1 cup corn starch
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 cup confectioner sugar
Persons
6
Serving Size
1 slice
Prep Time
20 minutes
Cook Time
50 minutes
Total Time
1 hour, 10 minutes
Instructions
- Spray or brush a 9”x 5” rectangle baking pan with oil or butter. Heat the oven to 350 F.
- Melt 2 sticks butter, then let cool. Mix the butter with a hand mixer until it turns white and very creamy, about 3 minutes.
- Add the sugar and continue mixing about a minute.
- One by one drop in the egg while mixing, then the vanilla extract.
- Slowly add the flour combined with corn starch and baking powder.
- Drop dough into the prepared pound cake pans.
- Bake for 45 to 50 minutes at 350 F until the internal temperature is at least 207 F, or do a toothpick test.
Calories
688
28%
Fat
34 g
52%
Saturated
20 g
103%
Carbs
89 g
29%
Protein
7.0 g
Fiber
0.7 g
3%
Sugar
53 g
Sodium
118 mg
4.9%
Trans fat
1.2 g
Cholesterol
214 mg
71%
Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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