 Genoa cake (supermarket own-brand with few cherries) | |||||||
| Alternative names | Pandolce, pandolce genovese (in Italian) | ||||||
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| Type | Fruit cake | ||||||
| Place of origin | Italy | ||||||
| Region or state | Genoa, Liguria | ||||||
| Main ingredients | Sultanas/raisins or currants, glacé cherries, flour, eggs, butter, sugar | ||||||
| 340 kcal (1424 kJ)[1] | |||||||
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Genoa cake (Italian: pandolce or pandolce genovese)[2] is a fruit cake consisting of sultanas (golden-coloured raisins), currants or raisins, glacé cherries, almonds, and candied orange peel or essence, cooked in a batter of flour, eggs, butter, and sugar.[1][3]
- ^ a b Ingredients and nutritional analysis of commercially made Genoa Cake at Tesco supermarket
- ^ "genoa". Lexico UK English Dictionary. Oxford University Press. Archived from the original on December 26, 2021.
- ^ Genoa Cake recipe BBC Good Food Magazine