Italian lemon cream cake: step by step recipe. Learn how to make this lemony cake typical of the area of Cinque Terre (Liguria) with our traditional recipe. I am very fond of lemon cake, and today I learned about a new one that I hadn’t come across before but seemed to have all the ingredients (literally!) to be absolutely delicious: Torta al Limone Ligure – Ligurian lemon cake. Liguria is the Italian region with Cinque Terre and it’s the land that gave pesto to the world; so in terms of culinary pedigree, all I needed to know was that this recipe was from there and I was ready to give…

An easy recipe to make tasty spinach and ricotta puffs with ready made puff pastry. A typical Italian appetizer or finger food perfect for a grazing tray or a quick lunch. Spinach and Ricotta puffs are a very easy and satisfying Italian specialty, which works great as a party appetizer or finger food. The combination of spinach and ricotta is the traditional filling for ravioli and also the basis of torta pasqualina, a popular savory pie, so we are well within the authentic Italian tradition with this one. In this version, we have used this tried and tested filling to make vol-au-vents, using frozen pastry cases. These works amazing if…

Torta Caprese is an easy to make, naturally gluten free chocolate cake from the island of Capri, Italy. This is the step by step recipe so you can make it at home. Torta Caprese is the delicious chocolate cake original from the island of Capri, in Italy (yes, the same the caprese salad is from!). The cake is naturally gluten free, as it uses almonds instead of flour, it is very easy to make and a real crowd-pleaser: the chocolate give the cake a decadent, satisfying taste, while the almond add texture and a slight woody flavor that marries perfectly with the darker chocolate notes. Like all traditional recipes, you…