"Ciambellone is a soft and exquisite cake that is quite popular in Italy. It is a traditional Italian food of peasant origins that looks like a huge donut and one that can be modified according to your personal taste.
Chocolate ciambellone is a simple and versatile cake that is loved by adults and children! It is most often eaten for breakfast with a delicious cappuccino or espresso or as a mid-day snack. It also lends itself very well to be served as dessert at the end of a meal.
A favorite of the family converted into gluten-free deliciousness!"
Chocolate Ciambellone, The Gluten-Free Way!
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Prep time: 30mins
Cook time: 40mins
Serves or Makes: 6
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ingredients
- 2 cups gluten free baking flour
- 1/2 cup superfine almond flour
- 3 1/3 teaspoons baking powder
- pinch of salt
- 4 room temperature eggs
- 3/4 cups superfine baker's sugar
- 1 cup light olive oil or sunflower oil
- 1 cup room temperature almond milk (or milk of your choice)
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1/4 cup raw cacao
- for garnish powdered sugar
Method
Step 1
Adjust the oven rack to the middle position, pre-heat the oven to 355ºF (180ºC), and grease and flour a bundt cake pan of your choice.
Step 2
In a large mixing bowl, sift together the gluten-free flour, almond flour, baking powder, and salt. Mix well and set aside.
Step 3
Using a stand-up mixer or hand-held electric mixer with whisk attachment, whisk eggs and sugar until light and fluffy. Slowly add olive oil, 3/4 cups of milk, and vanilla. Mix well. Slowly add the flour mixture and and whisk until you have a smooth batter with no flour clumps.
Step 4
Spoon out 1/3 of the batter and mix it into the cacao powder. Add the remaining milk and mix until well combined.
Step 5
Pour half of the batter into the prepared bundt pan and level with a spatula. Then spoon the chocolate batter on top of the white batter and alternate between the two until no batter remains. Use a skewer or knife to swirl the batter around the pan making sure you reach all the way to the bottom.
Step 6
Bake in preheated oven for 40 to 45 minutes. Test with a skewer or knife to see if it comes out clean.
Step 7
Once baked, allow to cool in the pan for 10 minutes, then remove the ciambellone from the pan and allow to cool on a wire cooling rack.
Step 8
Garnish with powdered sugar.