🇱🇻 Latvian Cuisine

Biezpienmaize

Cottage Cheese Bread

Prep Time 1 hour

Servings 8

Difficulty Easy

Calories 240 kcal

A moist, tender quick bread made with fresh cottage cheese, subtly sweet and flavored with vanilla and lemon zest.

Ingredients

500g cottage cheese (full fat)
3 eggs
150g sugar
250g all-purpose flour
1 tsp baking powder
80g butter, melted
1 tsp vanilla extract
Zest of 1 lemon
Pinch of salt
Powdered sugar for dusting

Instructions

1 Beat eggs with sugar until pale and fluffy, about 3 min.
2 Add cottage cheese and melted butter, mix until combined.
3 Fold in flour, baking powder, vanilla, lemon zest, and salt until just mixed.
4 Pour batter into a greased and floured loaf pan.
5 Bake at 175°C (345°F) for 45-50 min until a skewer comes out clean.
6 Cool in pan 10 min, then unmold and dust with powdered sugar when cool.

Did You Know?

Biezpienmaize is the cake that Latvian children learn to bake first, as it is virtually impossible to ruin.