How to Make Perfect Italian tea cake

Italian tea cake. Cool, remove seeds, and chop very fine. Slowly add sugar, chopped lemon, and almonds. Gently fold the egg whites into the egg yolk mixture.

Combine the flour, baking soda, salt and nutmeg; stir into the creamed mixture. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. You can cook Italian tea cake using 15 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Italian tea cake

1. You need 2 cups of granulated sugar.
2. It's 2 1/2 tsp of table salt.
3. Prepare 1 of Lemon zest, finely grated.
4. It's 1/2 of Orange zest, finely grated.
5. It's 1 1/4 cup of plus 2 tbsp vegetable oil.
6. It's 3/4 cup of plus 1 tbsp plain yogurt.
7. It's 1/2 cup of mascarpone cheese.
8. Prepare 1 tbsp of plus 1 tsp vanilla extract.
9. You need 4 of large eggs.
10. You need 3 cups of all-purpose flour, sifted.
11. Prepare 2 1/2 tsp of baking powder.
12. You need of Glaze.
13. You need 1 cup of powdered sugar.
14. It's 2 tbsp of maple syrup.
15. You need 2 tbsp of lemon juice.

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Italian tea cake step by step

1. I used golden granulated sugar, but you can also use white granulated sugar. Add salt to it..
2. Put finely grated lemon and orange zest and rub them with fingertips in the sugar..
3. Whisk vegetable oil, yogurt, mascarpone cheese, then eggs and vanilla extract. Sprinkle baking powder over the batter and mix properly. Sift flour on top and stir it with rubber spatula..
4. Spray the pan with cooking oil and sprinkle it with granulated sugar. Remove the excess sugar. Then, pour the batter in..
5. Preheat the oven at 375°F and leave it the oven for 40 minutes approx. Check with the toothpick, if it comes out clean yo see if the cake is done..
6. Let it cool for 5 minutes and pour the glaze evenly while it is piping hot..
7. Enjoy with a cup of coffee or tea!!.

In a small bowl, dissolve the baking soda in the buttermilk; set aside. In a bowl, cream butter and sugar. Beat in the egg and vanilla. I've always maintained that the secret behind a great cake is a great recipe. Last week over coffee at an Italian cafe I shared a divine slice of lemon polenta cake for afternoon tea.