Torta della Nonno is a delicious cake filled with chocolate. You may have heard of torta della Nonna or Grandmother’s cake and this is the Grandfather’s cake version with chocolate which the grandmother’s cake doesn’t have. Both cakes named after grandparents are traditional Italian recipes you will find in many restaurants in Italy.
Ingredients for a 22/24 cm mold:
Shortcrust pastry:
300 g of flour 00
2 medium eggs
100 g of sugar
75 g of seed oil
1 pinch of salt
8 g of baking powder
lemon peel
Custard: (For video instructions of the custard see here)