Sicilian cassata cake

A recipe for one of Sicily's most irresistible desserts.

A recipe for one of Sicily's most irresistible desserts.

Cooking Italians - If you love authentic Italian food or traditional desserts, try the Baked Sicilian Cassata. It's a traditional Italian dessert filled with amazing flavors

Our cassata cake recipe is so tasty, it'll fly off the cake plate.

As promised, here is one of the desserts Chris and I tackled while she was visiting this past weekend, a Cassata Cake, as part of another Bakenista get together. I have to admit that I would have probably passed on this Bakenista shing-ding if Chris had not been in my kitchen. Not much time left…

I made this a few years ago. We loved it. Haven't made it since. So many new cake recipes to try it was moved to the bottom of the ...

This pretty cake features layers of lemon-scented cake, vanilla custard, and gin, fresh herb, and cardamom-macerated strawberries.

Prepare your own Sicilian Cassata at home and surprise with this wonderful sweet from Sicily. Sponge cake, ricotta cream, marzipan and icing.

Adapted from VisitSicily.info, the official tourism website of Sicily, this recipe gives instructions on how to make an authentic Sicilian cassata. Take into account that you should start some preparations ahead of time, like letting the pan di Spagna go stale and draining the ricotta.

The Cassata Siciliana is the most iconic Sicilian cake, an elaborate dessert made with sponge cake (called “pan di Spagna” in Italian) moistened with liqueur and layered with ricotta cheese, covered with marzipan and decorated with candied fruits and royal icing. The result is a spectacular and delicious dessert that is traditionally eaten in Sicily