CIAMBELLA

Ciambella is a typical Italian sponge cake, the favourite of kids. You could eat tons of it in your morning milk bowl (zuppetta). Is a very easy to make pudding but still one of the best. Traditionally it is cooked in a pan with a hole in the middle but any pan is actually fine. This is the recipe for the “two colors” one. Vanilla and chocolate.

Let`s see how to make it:

Ingredients:
- 250 g butter
- 250 g sugar
- 500 g plain flour
- 125 ml milk
- 40 g yeast
- 4 eggs
- 120 g cocoa
- vanilla flavouring

In a large mixing bowl with a whisk combine first butter and sugar until it becomes a compact whipped mixture. Add the eggs, flour and milk to the dry mixture and beat hard until creamy.
Add the vanilla flavour and the yeast and mix until it becomes a dense liquid.
Separate the compote in two parts and add the cocoa in one.
Finally put the two mixture in a cake tray and give a final mixing. Put in the oven at 180°C for 45/60 minutes.
To check if it`s cooked my mom would put a “spaghetto” in it and if it comes out dry the ciambella is ready!

itri ciambella

Buon appetito

Written by Itri on 22 May 2010 | Posted in All News Entries, Recipes