Genoa cake
Fruit cake from Genoa, Italy From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Genoa cake,[2] known in Italian as pandolce[a] or pandolce genovese, is a fruit cake consisting of sultanas (golden-coloured raisins), currants or raisins, glacé cherries, almonds, and candied orange peel or essence, cooked in a batter of flour, eggs, butter, and sugar.[1][3]
Genoa cake (supermarket own-brand with few cherries) | |||||||
| Alternative names | Pandolce, (in Italian) pandolce genovese (in Italian) | ||||||
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| Type | Fruit cake | ||||||
| Place of origin | Italy | ||||||
| Region or state | Genoa, Liguria | ||||||
| Main ingredients | Sultanas/raisins or currants, glacé cherries, flour, eggs, butter, sugar | ||||||
| 340 kcal (1,400 kJ)[1] | |||||||
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Although the name Genoa cake is mainly used in the United Kingdom, where recipes for it have been around since the 19th century,[4] it is a variant of the pandolce (Italian: [panˈdoltʃe]; Ligurian: pandoçe, Ligurian: [paŋˈduːse]; literal translation
"}]],"parts":[{"template":{"target":{"wt":"literally","href":"./Template:Literally"},"params":{"1":{"wt":"sweet bread"}},"i":0}}]}">lit. 'sweet bread') cake which originated in 16th century Genoa as a Christmas cake. Unlike Genoa cake, traditional pandolce includes pine nuts as a major ingredient and uses yeast as its raising agent, which requires several hours to rise, like bread.[5] This original form is today known as pandolce alto ('deep pandolce'), whilst a simpler variant which uses baking powder is known as pandolce basso ('flat pandolce') and is essentially the same as the Genoa cake sold in the UK, with a moist but crumbly texture.[6][7]The term Genoa cake is also sometimes used to refer to two other Genoa-related cakes, neither of which are fruit cakes: Genoese cake, a light sponge cake,[8] and pain de Gênes ('Genoa bread'), a dense almond cake.[9]
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- Pronounced [panˈdoltʃe]; Ligurian: pandoçe, pronounced [paŋˈduːse]; literal translation"}]]}">lit. 'sweet bread'.
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