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Torta della Nonna (Italian Grandmother Cake)

Name: Torta della Nonna (Italian Grandmother Cake)
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 70 min
Yield: 8 servings
Cuisine: Italy
Ingredients: all-purpose flour 200 g; sugar 140 g; butter, softened 120 g; eggs 3 pieces; lemon zest and juice 30 g; baking powder 8 g; milk 100 ml; pastry cream 500 ml; candied lemon peel 60 g; semolina 20 g

A soft lemon cake filled with pastry cream and candied lemon.

70 minutes · 8 servings · Moderate

Torta della nonna carries the most affectionate name in Italian baking, and the cake inside it is deliberately soft, almost custardy. Lemon zest and juice run through both the crumb and the pastry cream that fills it, and candied peel repeats the citrus. It is a home celebration cake that never needed frosting to prove anything.

Ingredients

all-purpose flour200 g
sugar140 g
butter, softened120 g
eggs3 pieces
lemon zest and juice30 g
baking powder8 g
milk100 ml
pastry cream500 ml
candied lemon peel60 g
semolina20 g

Directions

1
Cream butter and sugar 5 minutes; beat in eggs 3 minutes.
2
Fold in flour, baking powder, milk and lemon.
3
Bake at 175C for 28 minutes until risen and pale golden.
cake is risen and set
4
Split, fill with pastry cream and cover with candied lemon and semolina.

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