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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Levaduramadre ★ 4.4
Carrer de la Pau, 1, 46003 Valencia
Levaduramadre on Carrer de la Pau in Valencia's Ciutat Vella is the flagship Valencia branch of the Madrid sourdough chain, serving wood-fired loaves, croissants and weekday pastries.
Horno de San Bartolome ★ 4.3
Calle Duque de Calabria, 14, 46005 Valencia
Horno San Bartolome on Carrer del Duc de Calabria in Valencia is master baker Jesus Machi's flagship oven, with the canonical coca de llanda (a tray-baked sweet sponge with cinnamon), long-fermented breads and Valencian pastries.