Hey everyone, it’s me again, Dan, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, italian tea cake. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Italian tea cake is one of the most popular of recent trending foods on earth. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. It is appreciated by millions every day. Italian tea cake is something which I have loved my entire life. They are nice and they look wonderful.
A ciambellone is a simple, sunny Italian tea cake with lemon zest and a rich crumb typically baked in a tube pan, which gives it a torus shape, i.e. the appearance of a doughnut, which is, in fact, what Google Translate tells me is the translation of ciambellone. As I can never resist the siren call of either an everyday cake or a doughnut, I am unequivocally here for this. Cream butter or margarine in a bowl, gradually add confectioners' sugar and salt.
To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have italian tea cake using 15 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Italian tea cake:
- Get 2 cups granulated sugar
- Make ready 2 1/2 tsp table salt
- Get 1 Lemon zest, finely grated
- Make ready 1/2 Orange zest, finely grated
- Take 1 1/4 cup plus 2 tbsp vegetable oil
- Get 3/4 cup plus 1 tbsp plain yogurt
- Get 1/2 cup mascarpone cheese
- Get 1 tbsp plus 1 tsp vanilla extract
- Take 4 large eggs
- Prepare 3 cups all-purpose flour, sifted
- Get 2 1/2 tsp baking powder
- Take Glaze
- Prepare 1 cup powdered sugar
- Make ready 2 tbsp maple syrup
- Get 2 tbsp lemon juice
In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. The key to cooking with tea and getting a nice tea-infused flavor is to be sure you are using fresh loose-leaf tea. Quality loose leaf teas are highly aromatic and will work best.
Instructions to make Italian tea cake:
- I used golden granulated sugar, but you can also use white granulated sugar. Add salt to it.
- Put finely grated lemon and orange zest and rub them with fingertips in the sugar.
- Whisk vegetable oil, yogurt, mascarpone cheese, then eggs and vanilla extract. Sprinkle baking powder over the batter and mix properly. Sift flour on top and stir it with rubber spatula.
- Spray the pan with cooking oil and sprinkle it with granulated sugar. Remove the excess sugar. Then, pour the batter in.
- Preheat the oven at 375°F and leave it the oven for 40 minutes approx. Check with the toothpick, if it comes out clean yo see if the cake is done.
- Let it cool for 5 minutes and pour the glaze evenly while it is piping hot.
- Enjoy with a cup of coffee or tea!!
Infusing tea into a cake makes it moist and tender. Plus it's a fun way to play with the flavors a bit. You could try a Chai or an Earl Grey tea-infused cake. In a medium bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until smooth. Beat in the eggs one at a time, then stir in the vanilla.
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