Looking For an Italian Wedding Cake?

There are two things every Italian loves, family and good food.

The traditional Italian wedding cake is a coconut filled white cake with cream cheese frosting. But there are plenty of other cakes Italians are known for that would suffice as a wedding cake. Three Italian cakes that might suit your fancy are Torta Chantilly which is a sponge cake covered in white chocolate flakes and a sweetened whipped cream, St. Honore cake which is a complicated but indulgent cake of rich pastry filled with cream and saturated in rum, and finally a classic fruit tart, known as Crustata de fruta. If you are looking for tradition for your Italian wedding cake, these cakes can be found at Italian bakeries.

If you love Italian food, but are looking for modern than traditional, think tiramisu, a favorite with coffee liqueur and mascarpone cheese, strawberries zabaglione, which is a refreshing dessert of strawberries laced with a sweet cream marsala sauce, or simple vanilla ice cream with limoncello or amaretto sauce. Italians won't discriminate if it isn't cake at a wedding, as long as it is good!

Most weddings have a cocktail hour, Italian weddings have a "Vienna Hour" marked by a table of delicious assorted Italian pastries including the classic canoli and a variety of after dinner drinks such as Port, Sambuca, or Anise. These are traditional options that the "old school" Italian men will be sure to appreciate.

If you are having a simple and casual affair, biscotti dipped in chocolate and espresso is a great Italian dessert combination or a classic wedding treat of candy covered almonds, which are also a symbol of fertility (wink, wink).

Whichever dessert you chose, make your decision the way a real Italian would and taste it all and enjoy every minute!

Looking For the Best Rice Flour Recipes? Check Out These Two

What hits you about rice flour recipes is their sheer ubiquity. There's one that manages to surprise you from every nook and corner of this world. From appetizers, stews, seafood to desserts, the light and breezy texture of rice flour has certainly kicked up quite a storm. And the sweet flavors more than gladden hearts.

Go Into Raptures

Recipes with rice flour can make your tastebuds go into raptures. There's Philippine sweet rice cake or Babingka that you can afford nothing more than a forlorn resistance to, and is matched only by the German orange cake with a sprinkling of freshly grated coconut. Thai coconut pancakes, sweet Pretzels or jalebis with the Indian connection, Oriental sesame balls or peanut butter Mochi lead the pack from the Asian continent.

Greet These Recipes Exultantly

If Deutschland rice flour chocolate cake sounds simply irresistible, you better not waste any time in taking down the ingredients:

¾ cup rice flour

1 stick butter

½ cup sugar

6 eggs

1 cup ground hazelnuts

1 teaspoon baking powder

1 teaspoon cinnamon

3 ½ oz. crumbled chocolate bar

A pinch of salt

Grated peel of ½ a lemon

Separate the eggs whites from the yolks and keep aside. Whisk egg whites. Mix the egg yolks with all the remaining ingredients and then fold in the egg whites. Bake first at 320 degrees Fahrenheit for 15 minutes and then subsequently at 350-400 degrees for about 60 minutes. Allow to cool on a wire rack. It'll disappear before you know it.

If you think only kids are completely in thrall to muffins, think again. Check out what you need for these wheat-free muffins:

¾ cups rice flour

¼ cup soy flour

¼ cup fructose

2 teaspoons baking powder

¼ teaspoon sea salt

¼ teaspoon soda

½ cup buttermilk

2 tablespoons melted butter

1 beaten egg

¼ cup cottage cheese

First, mix all the dry ingredients. Add the remaining items and mix adequate quantities so that the mixture's moist. Bake in greased muffin tins at 350 degrees for about 20-30 minutes, or till the muffins are done.

Your face is sure to be suffused with a warm glow when you watch the animated chatter that their presence causes.