As it turns out, the land of wine and pasta is also home to some breathtakingly delicious traditional cakes. Thanks in part ...

While we embraced our rich Italian desserts, a favorite in our house was boxed yellow cake mix topped with canned chocolate ...

The Milan-born baker made a cake every Sunday growing up and his bakes on the show were deliciously simple and often inspired by family tradition. His first book, Giuseppe’s Italian Bakes ...

There seem to be many steps here. This conceals the fact that this Christmas dessert is ludicrously, dazzlingly easy to make. It doesn’t require cooking or technical brilliance: it is merely an ...

The Balboni brothers conceived a gorgeous new king cake topped with crisp Italian pastry that doubled as brilliant social ...

Beat egg yolks and sugar together until pale and well incorporated. Slowly add oil, then yogurt and vanilla extract. Sift in flour with baking soda and salt. Whip egg whites to soft peak and fold ...

It looks like a beautiful golden patchwork made out of cake. Now get on with the luscious filling. Whisk – using a freestanding electric mixer for ease – the eggs and sugar until very frothy ...

Israeli-American Roy Shvartzapel trained under Italy’s undisputed panettone master. His From Roy cakes sell for $85. (JTA) – Panettone, the fluffy, fruit-speckled archetypal Christmas cake ...