A soft, lemony cake that is also great toasted. This cake has been in my family for a long time, and this particular recipe comes from my great Aunt in Sicily
Recipe posted by MelissaF
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Ingredients
Switch to Cup Measures- 3 eggs
- 1 pinch of salt
- 300 grams sugar
- 300 grams flour
- 125 ml vegetable oil
- 1 packet Italian vanilla baking powder
- 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
- 2 oranges (juice of)
- ½ lemon (juice of)
Method
- Beat eggs with salt and slowly add the sugar, beating well. Add oil and mix well. Add the flour and baking powder a spoonful at a time to the egg mixture - you'll notice that the batter will be quite stiff.
- Finally, mix in vanilla extract, orange juice and lemon zest.
- Pour the batter into a ring cake pan (approx. 22cm) and place into a 180° preheated oven for 45 minutes (try not to open the door until this time is up).
- When ready the cake will be a nice golden brown with some cracks on the top. Leave to cool before slicing
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