What is the name of this Italian cake

August 28, 2023 4:36 PM

There's a cake that's sold in the Italian bakeries in my town once a year, usually in the spring. It's a white cake with whipped cream and a cherry on top, and it's tied to a Catholic holiday. What is the name of this cake?
posted by pxe2000 to Food & Drink (4 answers total)

Best answer: Zeppole for St Joseph's Day?
posted by zadcat at 4:39 PM on August 28, 2023 [1 favorite]

See also Cassatella di sant'Agata for the feast day of St Agatha (the cake is modeled after uh... champagne glasses.)
posted by bookwo3107 at 6:48 PM on August 28, 2023

An Italian bakery in Providence, RI, called LaSalle Bakery sells shirts year round that have a winged zeppole (a la the Led Zeppelin album cover). They are amazing and I want one.

https://www.wpri.com/rhode-show/zeppole-time-at-lasalle-bakery/
posted by wenestvedt at 7:43 PM on August 28, 2023

Those are zeppole. St. Joseph's Day is March 19. I asked where to find them twelve years ago.
posted by madcaptenor at 9:41 AM on August 29, 2023 [1 favorite]