Today a recipe that, for its colors, will surely put you in a good mood: for the occasion of the Carnival, we will make a colorful cake, not by chance called Arlecchino Cake. The result will be magnificent and will make young and old go crazy with happiness: let's prepare it. together!
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Identity Card of the Recipe
- 271 KCal Calories per serving
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Ingrediants
- 150 g of yogurt
- 1-2 tablespoons of milk
- Q.b. of blue dye
- Q.b. of green dye
- Q.b. of red dye
- Q.b. of yellow dye
- 1 pinch of salt
- 180 g (3 medium) of eggs
- 7 g of bitter cocoa
- 300 g of white flour of type 00
- 70 g of butter
- 120 g of sugar
- 16 g of baking powder
Materials Needed
- Large bowl
- Five small bowls
- Whip
- Teaspoons
- Baking pan with a diameter of 18 cm
- Baking paper
- Spatula
- Sieve
- Scale weighs food
Preparation
- In a bowl, combine the butter at room temperature with the sugar and work the cream mixture with a hand whisk or electric whisk.
- At this point, add one egg at a time and work the cream. Then add the yogurt, salt and flour. As a last ingredient add the sifted yeast. Mix everything until the mixture is smooth and soft.
Did you know that
The original recipe of the Madeira cake involves using much higher doses of butter and sugar, compared to those proposed in this recipe (about 240 g of sugar and 240 g of butter!). To make the dessert lighter, we recommend using yogurt (instead of just butter) and reducing the sugar dose.- Line an 18 cm diameter springform pan with baking paper.
- Divide the mixture into five bowls. Combine the bitter cocoa and milk in the first one, and the different dyes in the remaining four bowls: in this way you will obtain chocolate, blue, yellow, green and red colored doughs. Starting from the center of the pan, arrange a spoonful of each colored dough, taking care to follow a certain order in arranging the colors.
The advice OK
To obtain a better effect, it is advisable to prefer tall and narrow pans: in this way, the cake will develop in height and the variegated effect will be more scenographic.
In this recipe we do not suggest the use of flavorings because we have chosen a fruity yogurt: in any case, those who wish can add vanilla flavor or half a glass of liqueur to taste.- Preheat the oven to 160 ° C (ventilated) and bake for 40-45 minutes or until the inside is perfectly dry: the toothpick test is recommended to ensure the cake is properly cooked.
- Allow to cool completely before cutting into slices.
Alice's comment - PersonalCooker
The cake is already beautiful like this, in its essentiality! If you want to give it an extra touch, you can fill it and decorate it with colored Chantilly cream: it will be a success and the children will love it!Nutritional values and Health Comment on the recipe
The Arlecchino Cake is a food that belongs to the group of desserts.
It has a fairly significant energy intake, provided mainly by carbohydrates, followed by lipids and finally by proteins.
Carbohydrates are mainly complex, fatty acids of the saturated type and peptides of high and medium biological value.
The amount of fiber is not very high, while the cholesterol is relevant.
The Arlecchino cake is a dessert that does not lend itself to the diet of the overweight subject, suffering from hyperglycemia and hypertriglyceridemia; it is not even suitable for the diet for lactose intolerance and celiac disease.
On the other hand, it is suitable for vegetarians but not for vegans.
The average portion of Arlecchino Cake is about 30-40g (80-110kcal).
