Schiacciata alla Fiorentina is a fluffy, delicately scented Mardi Gras cake. It is one of the dairy-free desserts that we make during our cooking courses in Italy.
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Total Time:40 minutes
Yield:12
Ingredients
Juice and zest of 1 orange
150 g (3/4 cup) sugar (caster if you have it, if not, grind whatever you have finely)
Put the mixture in a 20×30 cm (9×13 inch) -or equivalent- cake tin lined with parchment paper, bake for 20-30 minutes, until a skewer inserted in the centre of the cake comes out clean.
Allow to cool for at least 30 minutes. Turn out onto a plate.
Serve by itself, or cut in half and layered with with whipped cream or confectioner’s custard (“crema pasticciera” in Italian).