During a phone conversation last week with my younger sister, Dorian, I mentioned a cake I enjoy making, an Italian specialty called “cassata alla Sicilian.” I’m not a cake fan generally, but this one ...

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Disclaimer right off the bat: This is not, nor does it claim to be, an authentic old-time cassata. It’s not my grandmother’s hand-scrawled recipe. The classic Sicilian cassata is a spongecake layered ...

The greatest cake in the world might be cassata. Shelled in marzipan, decked with candied fruit, and filled with cannoli cream, cassata is the old, festival spirit of the Italian South in pastry form.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Spending time in the prolific kitchens of Bruno's NYC Bakery in Dongan Hills means learning from the master himself, master pastry chef Biagio Settepani, as he walks an observer ...

The sweetness of almond paste perfumes the air in Sicily. This is understandable because almond paste is an essential ingredient in so many of the cakes, cookies and confections that make Sicilian ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – Traditions are important to Clevelanders. When the weather warms just a bit -- and with Easter approaching -- those of us who have been stuck indoors hiding from the snow and ice of ...