Liturgical Year : Recipes : Della Robbia Cake

Catholic Recipe: Della Robbia Cake

INGREDIENTS

cake, cooled (recipe of your choice)
pale pink frosting
marzipan candies
3 large dried apricots, snipped fine.
2 Tablespoons golden seedless raisins.
2 Tablespoons finely cut pitted dates.
2 Tablespoons broken walnut meats.
2 Tablespoons finely chopped candied cherries.

Details

Yield: 1 cake

Prep Time: 2 hours

Difficulty: N/A

Cost: n/a

For Ages: n/a

Origin: Italy

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For an Anniversary nothing could be lovelier than a Della Robbia style decorations on a cake made with your favorite cake recipe.

DIRECTIONS

Nothing could be lovelier than a Della Robbia cake made with your favorite cake recipe. Tint the frosting pale pink, and arrange a wreath of tiny marzipan candies around the edges. Or make a wreath of the following:

3 large dried apricots, snipped fine.
2 Tablespoons golden seedless raisins.
2 Tablespoons finely cut pitted dates.
2 Tablespoons broken walnut meats.
2 Tablespoons finely chopped candied cherries.

Recipe Source: Cook's Blessings, The by Demetria Taylor, Random House, New York, 1965