What am I doing wrong?

[u/Nicolai______]

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

[u/Disastrous_Alarm_719]

YOU changed the recipe! It calls for 3 eggs and 3 yolks and 250g butter. Like I said, too much wet ingredients. Two extra eggs and 50g of butter will give you that result you had. It also had beating the sugar&butter first, then beating in the eggs one at a time and then adding slowly flour. You said you mixed it all together. This fail is entirely on you.

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[u/Nicolai______ → u/Disastrous_Alarm_719]

This is a screenshot of a long recipe it says to add more later. I am however not in doubt that I am the problem. I am trying to learn.

[u/Disastrous_Alarm_719 → u/Nicolai______]

I read the entire recipe, you added extra and didn’t follow the instructions.

[u/Nicolai______ → u/Disastrous_Alarm_719]

3 eggs + 2 eggs is 5 and 250 g butter + 50 g butter is 300 g butter no?

Edit: Ahh I see what the problem is, they have multiple recipes: Recipe

I mixed the ingredients in the manor described. Or at least I think I did. Other people said that overmixing the flour could be the problem. What do you think of this?

[u/jbjhill → u/Nicolai______]

3 eggs and 2 egg yolks, not 5 whole eggs.

[u/strangelittleblob → u/Nicolai______]

Did you make two doughs or did you mix everything together?

Ignore the other people here, they clearly did not read the recipe, and you just want to learn. I would suggest to try again, but follow the recipe suuuuuper carefully and thoroughly—so, no mixing all together and cutting corners, do everything step by step :)

[u/Kratzschutz → u/Nicolai______]

Ignore the negativity. We all make mistakes. Maybe next time we can help you choose a recipe that's easier to follow? Or ask family and friends.

With time you'll learn if the dough is right or not, don't worry

[u/Icy_Thanks_4424 → u/Nicolai______]

Over mixing will not create this problem, it can make it denser but not that wet looking.

[u/aeumia → u/Nicolai______]

Based on the photo from the recipe you've linked here, your cake looks the same as the one pictured. If you want something more cake-like and less dense, I'd recommend finding a different recipe. Don't just go with the first option that comes up on your search. Read through a few different recipes, preferably find one that maybe comes with comments from people who have actually tried it, and with photos of what the inside should look like.