Italian Chocolate Cakes

Torta Caprese is a dark chocolate cake made without any flour. This specialty of the Italian island of Capri consists of dark chocolate, eggs, sugar, almonds, and butter. It is characterized by its dense chocolate texture and a layer of powdered s... READ MORE

The decadent, chocolate-laden Torta Novecento (cake nine hundred), was created by a renowned Canavese master pastry chef Ottavio Bertinotti to celebrate the turn of the 20th century – hence the name. This seemingly simple cake, consisting of... READ MORE

Ferrara's pastry chefs created torta tenerina in the early 1900s to honor Elena Petrovich, the queen of Montenegro and the wife of the Italian King Vittorio Emanuele III. The name of this Italian classic translates to tender cake, and wit... READ MORE

Named after Salome's dance to make Herod crazy with lust, torta setteveli (cake of the seven veils) unsurprisingly achieves more or less the same results. This traditional Sicilian birthday cake consists of an alternating combination of chocolate ... READ MORE

This flavorful Italian cake has a rich almond and cocoa flavor characterized by an intense aftertaste of rum and coffee. It was invented in 1907 by Eugenio Gollini who dedicated it to Jacopo Barozzi da Vignola, a famous 16th-century architect. The... READ MORE

Torta Pistocchi is a rich Italian chocolate cake with a velvety, fondant-like texture. The original recipe was created in 1990 by Claudio Pistocchi, and the original ingredients only include dark chocolate, unsweetened cocoa powder, and heavy crea... READ MORE

Torta Savoia is a layered chocolate cake that hails from Sicily. It consists of several sponge layers coated in a rich chocolate hazelnut cream. The entire combination is covered with a glossy chocolate glaze, and in some variations, sponges are l... READ MORE

Torta Osimhen is a decadent chocolate cake created in honor of Napoli (football club) striker Viktor Osimhen. In a city that lives and dies for good food and its football team, pastry chefs Salvatore and Giuseppe Mellone of the Neapolitan pasticce... READ MORE

Pampepato or panpepato di Terni, also known as diamante delle terre di San Valentino is a traditional cake originating from the province of Terni and the neighboring municipalities in the province of Perugia. The cake is made with a combi... READ MORE

Crescionda is a traditional cake originating from Spoleto in Central Italy. This chocolate cake is enriched with amaretti biscuits and aniseed liqueur. It's usually made with a combination of eggs, sugar, flour, lemon zest, milk, Sambuca, dark cho... READ MORE