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Italian potato cake
Rose Carino Potato Cake/Torta di Patate alla Rosa Carino (with potato and cake flour; layered with sweetened Ricotta)
Originated from: Italy
Occasion: Any time & special times
Contributed by: Taken from "The Complete Italian Cook Book: LA CUCINA" by Rose L. Sorce (Grosset & Dunlap, 1953)

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Torta Paradiso
Torta Paradiso (Gluten-free cake, using potato flour, sugar, butter and eggs, flavored with vanilla)
Originated from: Italy
Occasion: Any time
Contributed by: Taken from "Libro di Cucina" Italian Wikibooks

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focaccia alla portoghese
Focaccia alla Portoghese (without wheat flour, with potato meal, oranges and almonds)
Originated from: Italy
Occasion: Special times
Contributed by: Taken from "The Italian Cook Book" by Maria Gentile (The Italian Book Co., 1919)

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Nut Cake (without wheat flour, with rice flour and almonds)
Originated from: Italy
Occasion: Special times
Contributed by: Taken from "Practical Italian Recipes" by Julia Lovejoy Cuniberti (Washington, D.C., 1918)

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Pane Bolognese
Pane Bolognese/Bologna Bread (Cornflour sweet loaf, flavored with raisins nuts and candied peel)
Originated from: Bologna, Revenna, Emilia-Romagna
Occasion: Any time & special times
Contributed by: Taken from "Recipes of All Nations" (1936)

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cakes alla livornese
Cakes alla Livornese (without wheat flour, with potato flour and almonds)
Originated from: Italy
Occasion: Special times
Contributed by: Taken from "The Cook's Decameron" by W.G. Waters (William Heineman, 1920)

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corn meal cake
Corn Meal Cake/Torta di Farina (made without white flour, using with corn meal; layered with marmalade)
Originated from: Italy
Occasion: Any time & special times
Contributed by: Taken from "The Complete Italian Cook Book: LA CUCINA" by Rose L. Sorce (Grosset & Dunlap, 1953)

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Cross References
Originated from: Italy and North America
Occasion: Special events
Contributed by: Image courtesy of The New York Public Library, Digital Gallery #487853

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ciambelli di capodanno
Ciambella/Ciambelle -- Cross References & English Wikipedia Notes
Originated from: Italy
Occasion: Special times
Contributed by: Text, courtesy of English Wikipedia; photo: Mary Melfi.

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Easter bread
Pane di Pasqua (Easter Bread)
Originated from: Casacalenda, Molise, Italy
Occasion: Easter
Contributed by: Mary Melfi (her mother's recipe)

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