Sopranos-themed dessert ideas?

June 8, 2007 12:34 PM

Any ideas for a good Sopranos-themed dessert food for the finale on Sunday? Specifically, any tips on decorating cupcakes with a Sopranos-related theme? I've seen these Hoffa cupcakes and as of now that's the direction I'm looking, but anything else come to the minds of you creative types? Nothing too complicated, ideally... Thanks!
posted by inigo2 to Food & Drink (10 answers total)

It's got to be cannoli. Go to a little Italian bakery and you can just buy the shells, and then you can make the filling yourself. Drizzle them with a dark red glaze and you're all set.
posted by Rock Steady at 12:50 PM on June 8, 2007

My daughter gave my husband The Sopranos Family Cookbook, which is filled with recipes of food either talked about or eaten on the show. If you like I can list the desert recipes and you could let me know if any sound intriguing. The recipes aren't gimmicky or cutesy like Jimmy Hoffa cupcakes, but they are delish, and very authentic.
posted by iconomy at 1:13 PM on June 8, 2007

Blood orange granita.

(basic recipe here, just substitute blood orange juice. And add a little Cointreau and spumante for fun)
posted by briank at 1:21 PM on June 8, 2007

Recipe for ricotta-pineapple pie (remember Carmella's ricotta pie, made in exchange for a reference for Meadow?) here. As well as other Sopranos finale food ideas.
posted by onlyconnect at 1:28 PM on June 8, 2007

I can't speak to recent episodes, but sfogliatelle were often mentioned, bought, and eaten during early episodes.
posted by cribcage at 1:43 PM on June 8, 2007

Maybe not a dessert, but what about Johnnie Cakes!
posted by bleucube at 1:45 PM on June 8, 2007

cannolis, sure... but how are you pronouncing it?
posted by entropone at 1:52 PM on June 8, 2007

I'm trying to think of some visual pun based on "Leave the gun, take the cannoli," but I'm getting nowhere. Cannoli served on a plate with a picture of a gun on it? Argh.
posted by HeroZero at 2:47 PM on June 8, 2007

Peach Melba (named after famed soprano)?
Bada Bing Cherry pie?
Paulie Walnut torte?
Carmela apples?
posted by rob511 at 3:07 PM on June 8, 2007

Silvio Dante's Inferno Cakes (devil's food with red raspberry filling)
posted by acorncup at 5:30 PM on June 8, 2007