Genoa cake

Genoa cake

Genoa cake (Supermarket own-brand with few cherries)
Type Fruit cake
Place of origin Italy
Region or state Genoa
Main ingredients Sultanas/raisins, Currants, Glacé cherries, Flour, Eggs, Butter, Sugar
Food energy
(per 100 g serving)
 340 kcal (1424 kJ)[1]
Nutritional value
(per 100 g serving)
Protein 4 g
Fat 9 g
Carbohydrate 59 g

Genoa cake (also simply Genoa[2]) is a fruit cake consisting of sultanas, currants or raisins, glacé cherries, almonds, and candied orange peel or essence, cooked in a batter of flour, eggs, butter and sugar.[3] [1]

Although the name genoa cake is mainly used in the UK, it is a variant of the Pandolce cake which originated in 16th century Genoa as a Christmas cake. Unlike genoa, traditional Pandolce includes pine nuts as a major ingredient and uses yeast as its raising agent, which requires several hours to rise, like bread.[4] This original form is now known as Pandolce Alto, whilst a simpler variant which uses baking powder is known as Pandolce basso and is essentially the same as the genoa cake sold in the UK, with a moist but crumbly texture.[5][6]

The term Genoa cake is also sometimes used to refer to Génoise cake which is a light sponge cake without fruit.[7]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Ingredients and nutritional analysis of commercially made Genoa Cake at Tesco supermarket
  2. ↑ Oxford Dictionaries
  3. ↑ Genoa Cake recipe BBC Good Food Magazine
  4. ↑ Gourmet Liguria
  5. ↑ Pandolce Basso Genovese
  6. ↑ Pandolce Christmas cake
  7. ↑ Gourmet Britain Genoa cake recipe
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