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Disclaimer right off the bat: This is not, nor does it claim to be, an authentic old-time cassata. It’s not my grandmother’s hand-scrawled recipe. The classic Sicilian cassata is a spongecake layered ...

During a phone conversation last week with my younger sister, Dorian, I mentioned a cake I enjoy making, an Italian specialty called “cassata alla Sicilian.” I’m not a cake fan generally, but this one ...

To make the baked cassata, first drain the ricotta in a colander and leave it in the refrigerator for at least a couple of hours, or even overnight, so that it loses excess liquid. After this time, ...

The cassata served at Osteria Mattone in Roswell is one of the best desserts ever! Would you ask the chef to share this recipe? Every dish I have had there is delicious, but since baking desserts is ...

Sharing the spotlight with cannoli, cassata is one of Sicily’s iconic sweets. The ornate dessert, which might grace the Easter table, is traditionally made with liqueur-soaked sponge cake, sweetened ...

The cassata served at Osteria Mattone in Roswell is one of the best desserts ever! Would you ask the chef to share this recipe? Every dish I have had there is delicious, but since baking desserts is ...

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.