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Delizia al Limone -- Campanian lemon-flavored Wedding cup cakes --History, Italian Wikipedia
Originated from: Naples, Campania, Italy
Occasion: Weddings, and Holy Communions
Contributed by: Recipe, taken from "Libro di Cucina" Italian Wikibooks; text, Italian Wikipedia

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The following text was taken from From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: "Lemon Delight: Origins Place of origin Italy Region Campania Area of ​​production Amalfi Coast and Sorrento Details Category sweet Recognition PAT The lemon delight is a sweet pastry originating in Sorrento, which has become a typical dessert of Neapolitan cuisine . It was designed by the pastry chef Sorrento Carmine arzuillo in 1978, and is a cake made ​​with a base of sponge cake , soaked with a syrup made ​​of lemon, and stuffed and covered with cream based lemon. It has become today one of the most popular desserts in Campania, along with baba and torta caprese, for lunch and dinner important, especially for weddings and communions, which have special importance in the region. It is sold today as pie pastry is that in versions with single-portion. The mono-portion often has the shape of a breast (for example in Procida), being formed in hemispherical cups and, once reversed and coated with the lemon cream, decorated with a wild strawberry placed on top. Delizia al limone............... Original Italian text: Da Wikipedia, l'enciclopedia libera. Delzia al limone Origini Luogo d'origine Italia Regione Campania Zona di produzione Costiera Amalfitana e Sorrentina Dettagli Categoria dolce Riconoscimento P.A.T. La delizia al limone un dolce originario della pasticceria sorrentina, ormai divenuto un dessert tipico della cucina napoletana. Fu ideata dal pasticciere sorrentino Carmine Marzuillo nel 1978, ed una torta fatta con una base di pan di Spagna, bagnato con uno sciroppo a base di limoncello, e farcita e ricoperta di crema a base di limone. Diventato oggi uno dei dolci piu diffuso in Campania, insieme a baba e torta caprese, per pranzi e cene importanti, in particolare per matrimoni e comunioni, che nella regione hanno un'importanza particolare. Viene venduta oggi in pasticceria sia come torta che in versioni mono-porzione. La mono-porzione ha spesso la forma di un seno (per esempio a Procida), venendo realizzata in coppe semisferiche e, una volta riversata e ricoperta con la crema di limone, decorata con una fragolina di bosco posta in cima. Photo: Mary Melfi.

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