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Category: Seasonal sweets

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

Easter cakes Reading: 2 min

How to Make St Joseph’s Zeppole: Fried or Baked

St Joseph’s zeppole are a traditional dessert from Naples and southern Italy, now known throughout the world. They are prepared for the feast of St Joseph, which gives them their name. In the past, zeppole were also cooked and sold on the street in Campania […]

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Easter cakes Reading: 2 min

Neapolitan Pastiera: Original Recipe

Neapolitan Pastiera: Tutto Pasticceria’s Recipe Pastiera is an ancient Neapolitan Easter dessert: a shortcrust pastry case filled with ricotta, cooked wheat, eggs, spices and candied fruit. Ingredients include 300 g type 00 flour, 160 g butter, 130 g sugar, 2 eggs, 1 egg yolk and zest of […]

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Carnival cakes Reading: 2 min

Harlequin T-Shirt Cake

Here is a new recipe for you: Harlequin T-Shirt Cake. This soft, colourful cake is perfect for Carnival but can be adapted to any occasion. Thanks to the mould, you can prepare any football-themed cake; use the included guide to create the shirt of the […]

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Easter cakes Reading: 2 min

Homemade Chocolate Easter Egg Tutorial

Homemade Chocolate Easter Egg Tutorial Our blogger Baci di Zucchero used our products to make a beautiful owl-shaped chocolate egg at home. She used 400 g milk-chocolate chips, a confectionery thermometer, a silicone brush and modelling paste […]

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Easter cakes Reading: 2 min

Marzipan Lamb Step by Step

Marzipan Lamb Step by Step Follow the photographs and instructions to make a marzipan lamb. First prepare the almond paste with almond flour, glucose and sugar. For the Sicilian almond-paste recipe you will need 1 kg almond flour, 500 g vanilla icing sugar and 100 g […]

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