Cake for Company

I gave this post the strange title because I always find myself with nothing to offer friends when they come over on short notice. Unless they want some yogurt or raw vegetables we don't normally have yummy snack food in the house. So I'm always looking for quick and easy recipes, ones that can be whipped up in less than 15 minutes and bake within 30. I'm offering a link-up, so feel free to participate. Don't think it has to be quick or easy, any cake is welcome!

Now since both C and I are on a diet and we didn't have company coming over, it was only logical that I decided to make a delicious snack. This cake-like dessert is so easy to make and looks a lot more complicated than it really is. The only problem is that I cook using grams and milliliters and I'm not about to convert the measurements. So sorry. Also apologizing for the awful photos, Maddalena wasn't very patient with my idea of making a cake and taking pictures of it.

La Ciambella


Start off by separating 4 small (or 3 large) egg whites making sure to put aside the yolks.

Add a pinch of salt to the whites and whip them up.

Mix in 180 g. of sugar and your egg yolks.




Now add the rind of one orange and the juice from that orange, 6 spoonfuls of oil (surprise, I use olive oil) and 9 spoonfuls of milk- mix.

Lastly, add 240 g. of flour and 16 grams of powdered yeast. Oh, and sprinkle in some vanilla extract.

Now pour about 2/3rds of the batter into a tube pan that has been floured and buttered.



With your remaining batter add some unsweetened coco powder and a spoonful of rum. You want the batter to be a nice dark color so keep adding coco until you get there.

Now you are going to have a thicker batter, if it seems too thick to you go ahead and add either milk, cream, or butter (whatever you have in the fridge) until it's a bit smoother.

Pour that remaining batter into the middle of the original batter that is sitting in your tube pan.
Put it in the oven and bake until done. I do the toothpick test.

Here is the finished result- I forgot to take a picture of it before we started eating.

Enjoy!