Italian Cake
Tiramisù was invented in the 1960s. Panettone was invented in the 1400s. Italian cake holds both ends of the timeline at once — and both are improvements over the cake your grandmother taught you to dislike.
Featured italian cake recipes
- Tiramisù, classic and cold — Iris · Treviso · Mascarpone, espresso, savoiardi. The original is from the 1960s and they will fight you on it in Treviso.
- Panettone, the Milanese Christmas — Iris · Milan · A natural-yeast dough, candied citrus, raisins. Three days. Two folds. One holiday.
- Pandoro, the Veronese star — Iris · Verona · A yeasted, layered cake dusted heavily with powdered sugar. The Verona alternative.
- Torta caprese, almond and chocolate — Iris · Capri · No flour. Almond and chocolate. The mistake that became the island’s cake.
- Olive oil cake, Tuscan — Iris · Tuscany · A new oil, a citrus, a glug of grappa. Stays moist for days.
- Cassata siciliana, candied and decorated — Rosalia Greco · Palermo · Rosalia: the most Sicilian cake. Sponge, ricotta, marzipan, candied fruit, every color at once.
- Zuccotto, the Florentine dome — Iris · Florence · A semifreddo dome of ricotta, chocolate, candied fruit, soaked sponge.
- Colomba pasquale, the Easter dove — Iris · Lombardy · Panettone’s Easter cousin, shaped like a dove, glazed in almonds.
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