Italian Panettone

This is my Mom’s super easy recipe for Italian panettone – an orange-scented Italian breakfast cake that’s traditionally eaten around Christmas but is delicious anytime of year. You can make it with raisins or chocolate chips, and it can be eaten for breakfast, snack, or a dessert treat.

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Ingredients

4 cups flour
2 cups sugar
6 tsp baking powder
1 1/2 cups raisins or chocolate chips
1 cup canola oil or butter
3 eggs
2 cups milk
1 orange, rind grated from it

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Directions

In a large bowl, mix the flour and baking powder together. 

Add the sugar, oil, eggs, milk, orange rind and raisins, mix well. Pour into a greased round cake pan with a whole in the middle. If you don’t want the raisins to fall to the bottom of the cake, mix them into the flour first before adding in the wet ingredients.

Bake at 325F for 1 hour, covering loosely with foil halfway through so it doesn’t get too brown. Check doneness by inserting a chopstick into the cake and seeing if it comes out clean. If there is batter or cake bits stuck to it, leave it in for another 5-10 minutes. Cool in the pan for at least 15 minutes before enjoying a slice.