At least one day before you plan to make the cassata, spoon ricotta into a cheesecloth-lined colander set inside a bowl. Wrap cheesecloth over ricotta; place 2 or 3 canned goods in a small bowl, and ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – If you are from Northeast Ohio, you have likely indulged in a decadent slice of Cassata Cake at some point in your life. We all know it: layers of tender yellow cake separated by a ...

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 ...

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 ...

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End your Italian feast on a sweet note with our Cassata Cake! The best part? Our cassata cake recipe uses a convenient shortcut, which means you get to enjoy a slice of this delicious Italian ...

Eileen's Italian cassata cake is absolutely delicious! This is a no bake option for those of us that maybe aren't as gifted in the kitchen OR just don't have the time before the family gathering.

Place your cracked eggs into your mixer, using your whisk attachment on medium speed add your sugar then increase to high speed (mix approximately 5 minutes or until you get a thick foamy look with a ...

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.

That’s what my niece said after she took a bite of this cassata alla Siciliana, a cake my mother made every December for years. That thought resonated with me. My mother died in 2020 at 97, and I ...

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) – We started with desert today in the kitchen. Mark Simpson and Brittany Garcia from La Bella Italia – Laskin Road showed us a wide display of just a few of the items they bake ...