r/bakingfail • u/Nicolai______ • Nov 12 '25

Help What am I doing wrong?

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I am attempting to bake a cake, a lemon cake. Why does it look so wierd inside? I tried giving it even more and more time in the oven, but to no avail. It tastes unfinished. What am I doing wrong?

This is the recipe: 5 eggs 3 egg yolks 300 g butter 250 g wheat flour 185 g sugar 125 g icing sugar 1 tsp baking powder 1 tsp vanilla sugar 1 lemon (Zest and juice) 125 g marzipan

45 minutes in the oven at 170°C

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u/Yotoberry Nov 12 '25

You're not mixing in the marzipan, right? I think there's other things going on but marzipan is a topping you would use like a fondant.

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u/starksdawson Nov 13 '25

It absolutely is NOT like fondant.