Cassata Siciliana

Name: Cassata Siciliana
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 1 plain sponge cake (pan di Spagna); 750g sheep's milk ricotta, drained; 200g sugar; 70g dark chocolate chips; 300g almond paste, coloured pale green; Candied fruit, to decorate; Icing sugar glaze

Cassata siciliana/kahs-SAH-tah see-chee-LYAH-nah/

Also known as: Sicilian Cassata, Cassata Cake

About this dish

A Sicilian celebration cake of sponge and sweet ricotta, wrapped in green marzipan and decorated with candied fruit.

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Ingredients

🎂1 plain sponge cake (pan di Spagna)

🧀750g sheep's milk ricotta, drained

🍬200g sugar

🍫70g dark chocolate chips

🟩300g almond paste, coloured pale green

🍒Candied fruit, to decorate

🍚Icing sugar glaze

Method

Serves 2

Beat the ricotta with the sugar until smooth and fold in the chocolate chips.

Line a sloping cake tin with strips of green almond paste and sponge.

Fill with the ricotta cream and cover with a layer of sponge.

Chill for several hours, then turn out onto a plate.

Cover with icing glaze and decorate with candied fruit.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

Cassata is traditionally made for Easter in Sicily, reflecting the island's Arab heritage of sugar, citrus and almonds.

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