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Italian Paradise Cake

Italian Paradise Cake

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A soft and light Italian cake, made with apple starch, butter, and vanilla-flavored baking powder. It bakes for 50 minutes at 170 °C in a high-sided pan.

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Recipe from Pietrodn, Hellisp (Wikibooks), adapted by Recette de cuisine · · updated on

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The “paradiso cake” is a classic Italian dessert, known for its incredibly soft texture, made with butter, sugar, eggs, and flour. It’s relatively easy to prepare and requires a gentle baking process.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time20 min
  • Cook time50 min
  • Total1 hr 10 min
  • DifficultyEasy
  • CostBudget
  • Cooking methodfour
  • Estimated cost$10.57 $1.32 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 7, 2026.
  • Vegetarian

Ingredients

8 people
  • $0.34
  • $2.77
  • $1.05
  • $3.12
  • $3.29

Prices from US supermarkets for 4 of 5 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.

Directions

  1. Mix the sugar and butter together until light and fluffy, then add the eggs one at a time. ≈ 3 min
  2. Add the well-sifted flour and vanilla, then the baking powder. Mix well. ≈ 4 min
  3. Pour: Pour, pour, pour, pour, pour, pour, pour, pour, pour, pour, pour, pour, pour, pour, pour, pour, pour, pour, pour, pour, pour, pour, pour, pour, pour, pour, pour, pour, pour, pour, pour, pour, pour, pour, pour, pour, pour, pour, pour, pour, pour, pour, pour, pour, pour, pour, pour, pour, pour, pour, pour, pour, pour, pour, pour, pour, pour, pour, pour, pour, pour, pour, pour, pour, pour, pour, pour,

The bill

Italian Paradise Cake

  • 300 g of sugar$0.34
  • 300 g of butter$2.77
  • 3 eggs$1.05
  • 300 g of potato starch$3.12
  • 1 vanilla sachet$3.29

Total$10.57

that's $1.32 per person

Estimated price; varies by store.

Equipment

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Before you start

Ingredients

  • 300 g of sugar
  • 300 g of butter
  • 1 sachet of vanilla yeast (Pane degli Angeli)
  • 3 eggs
  • 300 g of potato starch
  • 1 vanilla sachet

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