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Piumino Cake

17/11/2023

I can provide you with the recipe for the “Piumino Cake,” a soft and light dessert that wins everyone over with its fluffy consistency. Here are the ingredients and the preparation:

Ingredients

  • 4 eggs
  • 150 g of sugar
  • 1 pinch of salt
  • Grated zest of 1 lemon
  • 100 g of all-purpose flour
  • 50 g of potato starch
  • 1 sachet of baking powder
  • Icing sugar for dusting

For the cream:

  • 250 ml of whipping cream
  • 2 tablespoons of icing sugar
  • 1 sachet of vanillin or vanilla extract to taste

Preparation

  1. Preheat the oven to 160 °C.
  2. Separate the yolks from the whites. In a bowl, whip the yolks with the sugar until the mixture is light and frothy.
  3. Add the lemon zest to the yolk mixture.
  4. In a separate bowl, whip the egg whites to soft peaks with a pinch of salt.
  5. Gently fold the whipped egg whites into the yolk mixture, using a spatula and movements from the bottom up to not deflate the mixture.
  6. Sift the flour, potato starch, and baking powder, then gently fold them into the mixture.
  7. Pour the mixture into a buttered and floured cake pan, level the surface well, and bake for about 40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean.
  8. Remove the cake from the oven and let it cool completely.
  9. In the meantime, whip the cream with icing sugar and vanillin until it’s firm.
  10. When the cake is cold, divide it into two horizontal discs. Fill with part of the whipped cream and cover with the second layer of cake.
  11. Spread the remaining whipped cream on the top and sides of the cake.
  12. Dust with icing sugar before serving.

Curiosity

This cake is called “piumino” because of its incredible lightness, similar to that of a duvet. It’s perfect as a dessert after a meal or to accompany afternoon tea. It can be enriched with additions such as chocolate chips in the batter or decorated with fresh fruit for a note of color and freshness.

Remember that delicacy in mixing the ingredients is the secret to keeping air in the batter and achieving the cake’s classic “fluffiness.” Happy baking and enjoy your meal!