Schiacciata alla Fiorentina or Italian Easter Cake recipe

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Ingredients

2 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup white sugar
7 tablespoons warm milk
¼ cup olive oil
1 orange, juice and zest
2 eggs
1 ½ tablespoons baking powder
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
½ teaspoon ground nutmeg

Nutrition Info

164.5 calories
carbohydrate: 28.2 g
cholesterol: 25.4 mg
fat: 4.6 g
fiber: 0.7 g
protein: 2.9 g
saturatedFat: 0.8 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 159 mg
sugar: 14.9 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 360 degrees F (180 degrees C).

  2. Grease a 9x13-inch baking dish with butter.

  3. Mix flour, sugar, milk, olive oil, orange juice, orange zest, eggs, baking powder, vanilla extract, and nutmeg in a large bowl until batter is well combined.

  4. Pour batter into the prepared baking dish.

  5. Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean, about 30 minutes. Let cool before serving.

Recipe Yield

1 9x13-inch cake

Recipe Note

This is a traditional Italian cake made during Carnivale AND Easter. Some call it a 'Spongy Orange Cake' but we think the texture is between that and a regular cake. It is by far my husband's favorite cake of all time. I've topped it with Avon's Warm Orange Sauce which takes this dump-and-mix cake from GREAT to SPECTACULAR!

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