My recipies: Ciambellone

I love it with a cup of tea in the afternoon, and it's my friend Simo's favorite sweet for breakfast. But try it also with some whipped cream and a hot chocolate...it's simply delicious!

INGREDIENTS

- 4 eggs 
- baking powder (about 16 gr. or  0,56 oz)
- 1 jar of natural yoghurt (125 gr. or 4,4 oz)
- 1 lemon grated peel
Use the yoghurt jar to measure also all of the following other ingredients:
- 1 jar of flavorless vegetable oil
- 2 jars of white sugar
- 3 jars of flour

TILES
- a wire whip or mixer
- 2 high rim bowls
- 1 circular baking-pan 
- 1 wooden spoon

Preparation: 20' - Baking time: 30'


AND NOW...3...2...1...ACTION!

First of all, make sure to have all the ingredients ready to be used because, while whipping, they must be added one after the other with no breaks.

1. Put the egg yolks into a high rim bowl together with the sugar, and beat them with the whip attachment at high speed until smooth and evenly blended. 
2. With the machine running: 
   • add in a stream the vegetable oil, caring that it completely amalgamates.
   • Add the yoghurt and then the baking powder.
   • Pour the flour all over the mixture, a little at a time.
3. Make sure that there are no lumps before adding the lemon peel with the help of a wooden spoon.
4. Now whip the egg whites in a clean, oil-free bowl, until they form a firm foam with soft peaks.
5. With a wooden spoon, pour the egg whites' foam very slowly in the other bowl, while delicately stirring, until the mixture appears light and fluffy.
6. Butter the baking-pan (around 5 cm./1,9 inches high), and
7. pan and bake the batter in a pre-heated oven for about 30 minutes at a temperature of 180 C/350 F.

Remember that the higher the position in the oven, the drier the ciambellone will be!