Italian Wedding Cakes Recipes

Italian cuisine is known all over the world, each area has its own specialties and their own traditional recipes. Italian weddings are very festive and it is a great occasion to taste traditional Italian food. Some recipes are very old and passed from generation to generation and are the best kept secret. Italian desserts are famous such as biscotti, cannoli, tiramisu, tortoni, zeppole, ricotta cheesecake, Italian cookies, zabaglione and many others. Italian cakes have flavors of orange, lemon, vanilla, the most used cream is cheese cream and buttercream. A traditional Italian wedding cake is for sure white with thick cream cheese frosting.

You can make an Italian cake to serve at your home maybe just before the ceremony, for your reception if you have many guests then you can buy a four layer cake. This is just a small cake that will serve 12 people, a coconut pineapple cake covered with fluffy pecan-cream cheese frosting. It is delicious. Here is what you will need:

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Ingredients: 1/2 cup buttermilk, 1 teaspoon baking soda, 1 teaspoon salt, 1/2 cup shortening, 1/2 cup margarine, 2 cups white sugar, 5 egg yolks, 1/4 teaspoon almond extract, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract, 2 cups all-purpose flour, 5 egg whites, 1/2 cup drained crushed pineapple, 1/2 cup flaked coconut, 1 cup chopped pecans, 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened, 4 cups confectioners' sugar, 2 teaspoons vanilla extract, 1 cup chopped pecans.

Directions: preheat the over to 350 degrees, grease and flour the pan. Mix buttermilk, baking soda and salt and set aside. Beat the cream with margarine and sugar until light and fluffy. Then beat the egg york with 1 teaspoon vanilla and almond extract. In the buttermilk mixture put the flour, the beaded egg whites are added into the batter, add in the pineapple, coconut and 1 cup of pecans. Put it into the pan and cook it for 35 minutes. For the frosting put the butter, cream cheese and sugar until is blended, add 2 teaspoon vanilla and 1 cup pecans then stir. Now you have a delicious, home made Italian cake to serve.

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You can also try the Italian wedding cake recipe from Food Network website.

Almost all Italian wedding cakes have the same white icing. The most used ingredients for Italian wedding cakes are the vanilla extract and the chopped pecans.

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Some of the best bakers in the world are Italians. Whether you are planning your wedding in Italy or you are having an Italian wedding in the States you can enjoy an authentic Italian cake at your wedding.