Hello! This Friday I was busy preparing a cake for Davide, my sweetheart. This year I choose something so quick to make that I’m a bit bashful of my choice, dictated from the lacking of available time.
However, the result is similar to a Margherita cake, with chocolate chips inside, with a decoration of chocolate and caramel. I mean, everybody can make this cake!I’m really attached to this recipe, because my granny teached me: it reminds me at my childhood. Here the recipe (so late for FiestaFriday!):
INGREDIENTS:
– 300 gr flour 00
– 250 gr sugar
– 150 gr of butter (not too cold)
– 1 bag baking powder for desserts
– 3 eggs
– juice of an half lemon (or orange, if you prefere)
– chocolate chips
– a glass of whole milk
PREPARATION:
First of all, put the butter chopped in cubes and the sugar in the mixer, to obtain a soft and grainy mix. Put the mixture in a bowl, and add the egg yolk – which you had previously divided from the egg whites- to the mixture, one after another. Every time you add a yolk, mix with a spoon to amalgamate better.
Aside from this, add the baking powder to the flour and mix them together. Start adding the flour and the baking powder to the mixture of sugar, butter and egg yolks: add it inch by inch, mixing every time. In the meanwhile, you could start adding also the lemon juice, and after the glass of whole milk, always in several times.
At this point you must have obtained a great yellow, elastic dough. Put the chocolate chips in the dough and mix again from bottom to the top to amalgamate them.
Aside, beat the egg whites until stiff, and then add it to the mixture as final ingredient. Mix again from bottom to the top in two-three times.
Now the dough is ready to be cooked: light up the oven at 180°-200° C, and cook the cake for 45-50 minutes. For Valentine Day I used a heart-shaped mold, of course.
Let the cake cool down and when ready, sprinkle it with powdered sugar: now it’s just ready to serve. This time I have added a decoration also with caramel. This cake is perfect for those who love the ciambella dough and the soft cakes. You’ll love it! Hoping that a spent a lovely Valentine’s day. Cris
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Che bella Cris! E’ una torta semplice ma con quei dettagli decorativi che la rendono davvero particolare e bella da vedere. Quando le cose si fanno con il cuore il risultato si vede 😉
Grazie mille! Guarda, anche io la penso così: quella è la vera differenza, al di là di cosa sia più gradevole esteticamente. Guarda, l’abbiamo finita in un attimo!
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It looks amazing, Cris 🙂 The texture looks really unctuous!
Yes, indeed! It was so soft and tasteful! I turned into a child for a moment eating it!
So delicious, Cris. Happy holidays to you and Davide!
Thank you so much, Shanna! I hope you spent a great VDay with your family 😉