Ciambella al Limone
A Ligurian ring cake perfumed with lemon and olive oil — the most elegant simple Italian afternoon cake.
Total time
50 min
Prep
15 min
Cook
35 min
Difficulty
easy
Cuisine
Italian
vegetarian
Ingredients
300gplain flour
200gcaster sugar
3eggs
120mlextra virgin olive oil
120mlwhole milk
2lemons, zested and juiced
1 sachetbaking powder
1 pinchsalt
2 tbspicing sugar
Instructions
1
Preheat oven to 175C, oil and flour a ring cake tin.
2
Whisk eggs and sugar until pale and thick.
3
Stir in olive oil, milk, lemon zest and juice.
4
Fold in flour, baking powder and salt until just combined.
5
Pour into prepared tin and bake 35 minutes until a skewer comes out clean.
6
Cool in tin 10 minutes, then turn out onto a rack.
7
Dust with icing sugar before serving.
Nutrition (estimated)
Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.
Calories
808
Protein
13.7g
Fat
33g
Carbs
116.7g
Fiber
2.8g
Sodium
2537mg
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