Pavia, Italy

Torta paradiso

Name: Torta paradiso
Total time: 1 h 10 min
Yield: 10 servings
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 3/4 cup plus 2 tbsp very soft butter; 1 cup plus 2 tbsp plus extra for dusting sugar; 2 egg; 4 yolks egg yolk; 3/4 cup maida (all-purpose flour, plain flour); 3/4 cup cornflour (cornstarch); 2 tsp baking powder; Lemon, zest of 1; 1/2 tsp vanilla essence (vanilla flavouring, imitation vanilla extract); a pinch salt

A melting, buttery sponge under a snowfall of sugar. Paradise, the Italians say, and they are not wrong.

70 minTime

4 gProtein each

mildSpice

A cake from paradise2 chapters · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayThe original. Handle with reverence.

The original

341kcalsame

4 gproteinsame

0 gfibresame

70minutessame

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Butter¾ cup plus 2 tbsp, very soft

Sugar1 cup plus 2 tbsp, plus extra for dusting

Egg2

Egg yolk4 yolks

Maida (all-purpose flour, plain flour)¾ cup

Cornflour (cornstarch)¾ cup

Baking powder2 tsp

Lemonzest of 1

Vanilla essence (vanilla flavouring, imitation vanilla extract)½ tsp

Salta pinch

Method

5 steps

1Heat the oven to 175 C and line a 24 cm tin. Beat the butter and 200 g sugar for 5 minutes until almost white.
2Beat in the eggs and yolks one at a time, then the zest and vanilla.
3Sift in the maida, cornflour, baking powder and salt, and fold gently.
4Spread in the tin and bake 40 to 45 minutes.
5Cool, then dust thickly with powdered sugar.

Serve it like this

Serve plain wedges with a heavy dusting of sugar, alongside coffee or a few berries.

Bloom picks tonight's dinner for your diet and allergies, then cooks it with you step by step.

Pavia, Italy

Torta paradiso

A melting, buttery sponge under a snowfall of sugar. Paradise, the Italians say, and they are not wrong.

70 minTime

4 gProtein each

mildSpice

A cake from paradise2 chapters · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayThe original. Handle with reverence.

The original

341kcalsame

4 gproteinsame

0 gfibresame

70minutessame

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Butter¾ cup plus 2 tbsp, very soft

Sugar1 cup plus 2 tbsp, plus extra for dusting

Egg2

Egg yolk4 yolks

Maida (all-purpose flour, plain flour)¾ cup

Cornflour (cornstarch)¾ cup

Baking powder2 tsp

Lemonzest of 1

Vanilla essence (vanilla flavouring, imitation vanilla extract)½ tsp

Salta pinch

Method

5 steps

1Heat the oven to 175 C and line a 24 cm tin. Beat the butter and 200 g sugar for 5 minutes until almost white.
2Beat in the eggs and yolks one at a time, then the zest and vanilla.
3Sift in the maida, cornflour, baking powder and salt, and fold gently.
4Spread in the tin and bake 40 to 45 minutes.
5Cool, then dust thickly with powdered sugar.

Serve it like this

Serve plain wedges with a heavy dusting of sugar, alongside coffee or a few berries.

Bloom picks tonight's dinner for your diet and allergies, then cooks it with you step by step.

Torta paradiso

Make it your way

Ingredients

Method

Torta paradiso

Make it your way

Ingredients

Method

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