Coca de llanda is the Valencian tray-baked sweet sponge: a lemon-zest and cinnamon sponge cake, baked in a flat metal tray (llanda), eaten with afternoon coffee.

Coca de llanda (tray cake) is the Valencian housewife's daily sponge, baked in a flat metal tray (llanda) and eaten with afternoon coffee or hot chocolate. The recipe varies by family; the canonical version uses lemon zest, cinnamon, olive oil and sugar. The cake is sliced into squares and stored in a tin for a week. Horno de San Bartolome has baked the canonical version in central Valencia since the 1920s.

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