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Category: Seasonal sweets

Every time of the year has its sweets: discover the Christmas cakes, Easter tarts and carnival cakes!

Christmas cakes Reading: 1 min

Panettone-Flavoured Muffins

Would you like to serve homemade panettone at Christmas but are short on time? These panettone-flavoured muffins offer the traditional festive taste in a smaller format. Ingredients begin with 160 g flour, 2 eggs, 120 g sugar and 125 g […]

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Christmas cakes Reading: 1 min

Cinnamon-Flavoured Biscuits: Recipe

Nothing evokes the festive season like crisp biscuits scented with Ceylon cinnamon on a cold winter day. Put on your apron and let us begin. Ingredients: 2 eggs, 200 g icing sugar, 500 g type 00 flour, 250 g butter and cinnamon flavouring. Method: first combine the flour and butter […]

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Christmas cakes Reading: 3 min

How to Use Leftover Pandoro in 3 Minutes: Tiramisù Cups

At Christmas, people often divide into two camps: Pandoro and Panettone. Whichever you prefer, the festive season usually ends with the same question: how can you use the leftovers? Today we focus on Pandoro, the soft Veronese speciality with its characteristic flavour […]

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Easter cakes Reading: 3 min

How to Colour Easter Eggs: A Quick Method

How Can You Colour Easter Eggs Quickly? Here are our tips for decorating and colouring both chocolate eggs and classic hard-boiled eggs. Colouring Hard-Boiled Eggs for Easter We advise against using poster paint or felt-tip pens. If the boiled egg is still inside the shell […]

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Carnival cakes Reading: 3 min

Carnival Castagnole: Quick Recipe

Carnival Desserts: Fried Castagnole What are castagnole? These traditional Carnival sweets are shaped like small balls and take their name from their resemblance to chestnuts. Originating in Emilia-Romagna and flavoured with anise, they are now prepared throughout Italy in many variations, including filled versions with […]

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Carnival cakes Reading: 2 min

Lactose-Free Fried Doughnuts

Lactose-Free Fried Doughnuts: Let’s Make Them at Home If you are intolerant to milk, here is a version of fried doughnuts suitable for people who cannot tolerate lactose. Everyone can enjoy these delicious doughnuts and make them at home. Ingredients for 15/20 medium-sized doughnuts […]

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Carnival cakes Reading: 2 min

Gluten-Free Fried Doughnuts, Just Like at the Café

How Do You Make Gluten-Free Fried Doughnuts? If you cannot eat gluten but would still like to enjoy these delicious doughnuts, this is the recipe for you. Take out pen and paper and prepare it with us. The ingredients for the gluten-free fried bomboloni begin with 160 g gluten-free flour […]

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Carnival cakes Reading: 3 min

Carnival Chiacchiere with 2 Ingredients: Ready in 9 Minutes

Do you know how to make chiacchiere, the delicious fried pastries eaten at Carnival? They are called chiacchiere in Lombardy, frappe and sfrappole in Emilia-Romagna, cenci or donzelle in Tuscany, and crostoli or galani in Trentino and Veneto. These very thin, crisp pastries are usually fried and dusted with […]

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