15 Traditional Italian Cakes
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- 04 Mar 2022
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If you ever visit Italy, you’ll notice a wide variety of tasty Italian cakes in their bakeries.
Italian cream cakes, lemon ricotta cakes, and Italian rainbow cakes are just three of the many options.
Cakes from Italy are just as diverse and varied as cakes in bakeries anywhere else in the world.
Some are overly sweet and indulgent, while others are lighter and zestier.
There are Italian sponge cakes, Italian pound cakes, and Italian apple cakes, too.
So the next time you’re looking for a new and exciting dessert of any particular flavor, check out this list and see what you can find.
1. Easy Ciambella Recipe (Italian Breakfast Cake)
Ciambella cake is similar to an American bundt cake; it features a comparable shape and uses similarly simple ingredients.
In fact, you can whip it up with no more than seven everyday kitchen staples: eggs, sugar, olive oil, flour, baking powder, salt, and an orange.
It has a sweet but mild flavor and a crumbly consistency that makes it perfect for pairing with tea or coffee.
Whether you serve it for breakfast or dessert, everyone will love it.
2. Homemade Italian Cream Cake
This pillowy soft, ultra-moist cake features the sweet flavors of coconut and vanilla and includes a cup of chopped pecans for added texture and nuttiness.
The frosting is a thick, cream cheese, vanilla, and coconut frosting, which you’ll also top with chopped pecans.
The cake looks somewhat plain and simple, but it’s much richer than you’d think.
3. Italian Style Lemon Ricotta Cake
Ricotta cheese is such a strange, versatile food, and no one can use it as expertly as Italian chefs.
They move it flawlessly back and forth between sweet and savory foods, adding it to things like lasagna and cakes in equal measure.
This buttery, slightly zesty cake features it, along with flour, butter, sugar, eggs, vanilla essence, lemon zest, and powdered sugar.
It’s moist, crumbly, and melt-in-your-mouth good.
4. Cassata Ricotta (Sponge Cake with Ricotta)
Here’s another delicious cake featuring ricotta cheese. This one is light and spongy, and it’s covered on all sides with thick and creamy ricotta icing.
It has plenty of wonderful fruity flavors, thanks to the candied citrus peels, orange juice, and orange zest, and you’ll add just a bit of triple sec to it, as well.
It’s remarkably easy to make and doesn’t require any cooking as long as you start with a pre-made sponge cake.
You should have it ready in 20 minutes or less.
5. Italian Lemon Olive Oil Cake
This cake looks delicate and elegant, but it’s packed with vibrant lemon flavor. It takes less than an hour to make and is lightly sweet (beneath all the lemon zestiness).
Top it with powdered sugar and your favorite fresh berries for a gorgeous (and tasty) final touch. Read More…
