Torta Paesana, Bread and Cocoa Cake from Lombardy
Torta Paesana, Village Cake, is a cake quite dense and moist in texture yet very soft, whose principle was and still is to use leftovers. It is a cake from…
Pastiera, the Neapolitan Easter Cake
Neapolitan Pastiera, Pastiera Napoletana in Italian, is a typical soft and fragrant Easter cake made in several familiar versions although the main ingredients are always the same: boiled wheat, ricotta…
Apple and Banana Fritters
Apple and Banana Fritters, Frittelle di mela e banana in Italian, a fluffy treat made with just a few ingredients.Ripe bananas are particularly suitable for this type of preparation because…
No-Butter Biscuits with Olive Oil
Olive oil is also amazing for making biscuits. It is not at all uncommon that it is also used in Italy for sweets, including shortcrust pastry. We used an olive…
Ciambellone, the Soft Italian Bundt Cake
Ciambellone is a soft Italian cake round-shaped like a large doughnut (Ciambellone literally means big ciambella, big doughnut), typically eaten at breakfast to be dipped in milk although no one…