Spongy Ciambellone with caffè d’orzo & chocolate chips

A big “Grazie” to Martina who owns a lovely Italian blog  Cookies, tea & make-up  for sharing with us this easy recipe, great for breakfast, teatime and anytime in between, really. 

If you prefer to read the Italian version, here is the link to 
Ciambellone morbido al caffè d’orzo e gocce di cioccolato

Photo by Martina Aldegheri

Ingredients
250 g of plain flour
150 g  of natural yogurt
180 g sugar
2 tablespoons of instant orzo coffee 
3 eggs
1 tsp of baking powder
70/80 g of chocolate chips
Icing sugar

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In a bowl beat the egg yolks and sugar using an electric whisk, then add yogurt and stir together till you get a creamy and uniform texture. Sift together the flour and baking powder, add instant soluble orzocoffee and chocolate chips, whisk egg whites to stiff peaks and add to the mix, with a pinch of salt, stirring  from the bottom up.

Pour the mixture in a pan that you will have previously buttered and covered with flour, put your cake in the oven at 180° C for 25-35 minutes.

When it is ready, take it out of the oven and let it cool down. Dust it with a bit of icing sugar and “ecco fatto” (Italian for voilà), ready to be enjoyed.

Photo by Martina Aldegheri www.cookiesteaandmakeup.com