Saturday, November 19

Mom’s Taralo (spelling based on my approximation of the Abruzzo dialect word for Italian Tort, recipe based on my watching Mom on January 28, 2003 make one of her many unwritten recipes)

1 cup milk

1 stick Land-O-Lakes unsalted butter or olive oil

8 eggs (yokes and whites)

2 cups sugar

4 cups sifted flour

2 ½ tablespoons sifted Baking Powder

¼ cup orange zest or to taste

¼ cup lemon zest or to taste

Anise seeds, optional

Mix above then add to buttered Bundt cake pan.

Sprinkle cinnamon and sugar over top.

Bake at 375 degrees for approximately 45 minutes or until done.