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Fugascina of Mergozzo

Name: Fugascina of Mergozzo
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 60 min
Cuisine: Ossola, Piedmont
Ingredients: 300 g Plain flour; 150 g Sugar; 150 g Butter; 3 pcs Egg; 2 tablespoons Marsala; 1 pcs Grated lemon zest; 8 g Baking powder; 1 pinch Salt; 1 tablespoon Icing sugar (for decorating)

A sweet focaccia made with butter, sugar, eggs, Marsala and lemon: Mergozzo’s traditional festive cake.

Preparation 20 min

Cooking 40 min

Total time 1 h

Servings 8 persone

Difficulty Facile

Cost €

Seasonality

Spring Summer Autumn Winter

Celebrations and special occasions Special occasions Traditional Vegetarian

Ingredients

For 8 persone

Ingredients

Plain flour

300 g

Sugar

150 g

Butter

150 g

Egg

3 pcs

Marsala

2 tablespoons

Grated lemon zest

1 pcs

Baking powder

8 g

Salt

1 pinch

Icing sugar (for decorating)

1 tablespoon

Before you start

You will need

Cake tin

Electric beaters or a wooden spoon

Contains or may contain: Glutine, Uova, Latte.

Method

Cream the butter and sugar

Beat the softened butter with the sugar until creamy.

Add the eggs

Add the eggs one at a time, incorporating them well, then add the Marsala and lemon zest.

Add the flour

Add the flour sifted with the baking powder and a pinch of salt, mixing gently.

Put in the oven

Pour the mixture into a buttered and floured cake tin, smoothing the surface.

Bake

Bake in a preheated oven at 170°C for about 40 minutes, checking with a skewer.

Serve

Leave to cool, dust with icing sugar and serve.

Good to know

Tips

Cream the butter and sugar well for a soft, airy texture.

Variations

It can also be flavoured with orange zest instead of lemon.

Storage

Keeps at room temperature, under a glass cake dome, for 3-4 days.

Nutritional values

Approximate values per porzione

350 kcal Energy

6 g Protein

42 g Carbohydrates

22 g Sugars

17 g Fat

10 g Saturates

1 g Fibre

0.3 g Salt

History and territory

Behind this recipe

Fugascina is Mergozzo’s traditional cake: a sweet focaccia made with butter, sugar, flour, eggs, Marsala and lemon, associated with the town’s celebrations.