CIAMBELLONE
Ingredients
- 200g/7oz butter
- softened
- plus extra for greasing
- 300g/10½oz sugar
- 4 free-range eggs
- separated
- 300g/10½oz plain flour
- 100g/3½oz potato flour or cornflour
- 1 lemon
- zest only
- 4-6 tbsp milk
- 1 sachet pane di angeli
- or use 1 tsp baking powder mixed with 2 to 3 drops vanilla essence
Directions
- Preheat the oven to 170C/325F/Gas 3. Lightly grease a baking ring mould.
- Cream together the butter and sugar in a bowl until the mixture is pale and creamy.
- Stir in the egg yolks
- plain flour
- potato flour or cornflour and lemon zest together with four tablespoons of milk. Stir in 1-2 more tablespoons of milk if the mixture is very thick. It should be creamy
- light and stand in soft peaks in the bowl.
- Stir in the pane di angeli
- or the baking powder and vanilla essence mix.
- Whisk the egg whites until soft peaks form. Then fold the egg whites into the mixture.
- Pour the mixture into the greased baking ring mould and bake in the oven for 20 minutes or until golden brown and springy to the touch. Serve.

