Florentine Sponge Cake

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1 cup plain flour (sifted)
• 4 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
• 1 cup milk
• 1 orange, rind of
• 1/2 teaspoon powdered saffron
• 1/2 cup sugar (or to taste)
• 2 eggs
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/4 cup icing sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon salt

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 150°c.
• 2 put the sifted flour, baking powder, oil, milk, grated orange rind, saffron, sugar, eggs, and a pinch of salt into a mixing bowl and beat together thoroughly until all the lumps are gone and the batter is smooth and thick.
• 3 grease a shallow rectangular baking pan and pour in the mixture.
• 4 bake for half an hour.
• 5 sprinkle plenty of icing sugar on top.
• 6 if you prefer it sweeter, you can slice the cake in two (horizontally!) and fill it with whatever you like (whipped cream, chocolate icing, etc).