#cassata cake

[jsw029]

Dinner

12 oz. Bone-In Filet with Au Gratin Potato and Lemon Roasted Asparagus Sicilian Cassata Cake Lemon Meringue Pie Macarons Where:  Giancarlo's Who:  Nicole MacFarlane, Brianna DeJoy

Amount Spent:  $204.25 Amount Spent YTD:  $4,928.63

[drenymph]

Cassata cake

[greetingsfromcleveland]

http://the-cooking-of-joy.blogspot.com/2014/07/cleveland-cassata-cake-bonus-in-jar.html

[greetingsfromcleveland]

http://kitchenettedc.com/2012/05/16/happy-birthday-to-me/

[greetingsfromcleveland]

http://www.yankeedrawl.com/2011/07/she-cooks-strawberry-cassata-cake-true-cleveland-style/

[mysilverylining]

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omg, as a part-Sicilian, I can’t believe I never knew about cassata cake before! *drooling*

Just looked it up to see how it's described, and found this on Wikipedia.  Had no idea that our version of Cassata (strawberries and custard) was regional.  

United States[edit]

In and around the American city of Cleveland, the term 'cassata cake' refers to a sponge cake soaked in syrup or rum, filled with strawberries and custard, and covered with sweetened whipped cream. This 'Cleveland' version of the cassata first appeared in the early 1920s at the local Italian bakery LaPuma Spumoni & Bakery. The children of the owners did not like traditional cassata cake, made with sweetened ricotta, chocolate chips, and candied fruit. Using what they had in the bakery, Tomasso LaPuma created what was to become known as the Cleveland cassata cake. The fifth generation of this bakery on Cleveland's East Side still continues to make the original version of this cake, as do many other Italian bakeries in the area.[3]

[winedharma]

How to make the authentic Italian cassata cake with berries

[majoringinsarcasm]

It's my grandmas birthday!! She's 81 today and I am very grateful that she is in my life. I love her to pieces. Also cassata cake is delicious.