Torta Margherita Recipe

This Torta Margherita Recipe is a quick and easy dessert to make and eat. It is a kind of sponge cake but with a different tenderness due to the starch added to the recipe. I have also chosen to flavor it with lemon zest and vanilla aroma.

I bake this cake at the request of my three-year-old daughter, who wanted a yellow cake. To fulfill her pleasure, I chose this recipe, which is light to consume by the whole family, including young children. For a healthier way, you can choose to use sugar in moderation.

Margarita cake can serve for breakfast or at any meal of the day. You can also use it as a sponge cake to assemble your favorite cakes in the family on holidays or weekends.

You can try also our Basic Sponge Cake Recipe.

Ingredients

• 3 eggs
• 150 g of sugar
• One lemon (juice and zest)
• Vanilla extract
• 90 ml of vegetal oil
• 75 ml of lukewarm milk
• 180 g of flour
• 120 g of cornstarch
• 1 package of baking powder
• icing sugar

Directions

1. We will preheat the oven to 175 degrees. Prepare a cake baking pan with a diameter of 20-22 cm. Grease it with butter and sprinkle it with flour.
2. In a glass bowl, we will add the eggs at room temperature and the sugar. Beat them with the electric beater for a few minutes until the volume triples significantly.
3. We will continue to mix it by adding the lemon juice and zest, and vanilla extract.
4. Continue to mix and add the oil little by little.
5. Once we have a homogeneous mass, we add the lukewarm milk.
6. Finally, we will add the sifted flour mixed with the baking powder and the starch.
7. Mix it for 1-2 minutes until it makes a homogeneous dough.
8. We will throw it into the cake pan.
9. Place in a preheated oven at 175 degrees and bake for 35 minutes. Do the toothpick test.
   
10. Take it out of the oven and let it cool for a few minutes. Transfer it to a plate, and sprinkle it with powdered sugar.
11. Let it cool a bit more and cut it into pieces to serve as desired.

Bon Appetit!