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Soft Mandarin Ciambellone (Italian Ring Cake)

Perfect for breakfast or an afternoon snack, this Soft Mandarin Ciambellone is easy to make, and its citrus scent makes it the star of winter.
Recipe Soft Mandarin Ciambellone (Italian Ring Cake)
  • Difficulty Easy
  • Preparation 15 minutes
  • Cooking 40 minutes
  • Servings for 8 people

Soft and fragrant, this Soft Mandarin Ciambellone will be the star of your winter. It is easy to make with one of the signature fruits of the season, and its method recalls our Peach Cake. You can leave the peel on the mandarins for an even bolder flavor, but only if you bought organic ones.

To make this Mandarin Cake you need the classic baking ingredients: flour, sugar, eggs and milk. For the fat we use vegetable oil, which makes this a lighter ciambellone without butter.

Among our other ciambellone recipes, we suggest trying the Walnut Ring Cake, the Classic Ciambellone, Grandma’s Recipe or our amazing Breakfast Ring Cake.

Ingredients for 8 people

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Method

  1. To make the Soft Mandarin Ciambellone, start by blending the peeled mandarins, with the white strings removed, in a blender until you get a purée.
    Soft Mandarin Ciambellone, step 1: peeled mandarins blended into a purée
  2. Separately, in a bowl, beat the eggs with the sugar until pale and fluffy. Use an electric mixer for this.
    Soft Mandarin Ciambellone, step 2: eggs and sugar beaten until pale and fluffy
  3. Still beating, pour in the milk and oil in a thin stream. Finally, add the flour sifted with the baking powder, and the mandarin purée.
    Soft Mandarin Ciambellone, step 3: flour, baking powder and mandarin purée added to the batter
  4. Pour the batter into a 22 cm ring pan and bake at 180 °C (350 °F) for 40 minutes. Before taking it out of the oven, do the toothpick test: inserted in the center of the cake, it should come out completely dry. If not, continue baking for another 5 minutes and test again.
    Soft Mandarin Ciambellone, step 4: the cake in a ring pan
  5. Let the Soft Mandarin Ciambellone cool completely on a wire rack before turning it out and finishing it with a dusting of powdered sugar. Finally, remember to download our App with exclusive content and fewer ads!
    Soft mandarin ring cake dusted with powdered sugar

Variations and Alternatives

In exactly the same way, you can make the ciambellone by flavoring the batter with other citrus fruits such as orange, lemon or grapefruit.

Storage

The ciambellone stays soft and fragrant under a cake dome for 3 to 4 days.

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