Colomba, the Traditional Italian Easter cake: its history and a recipe 🍰

+ where to buy it in Italy and the USA?

My podcast episode yesterday was a chat with Dena Fenza, an Italian American recipe creator and lifestyle blogger, with close to 150,000 instagram followers. Just a little over three years ago Dena and her husband purchased and restored an old farmhouse in Tuscany, and for any of you who may be contemplating moving to Italy and embarking on a mammoth project like Dena’s, have a listen to this episode here:

Dena’s recipes are strongly rooted in her Italian American heritage, and as she gradually becomes more immersed in Italian culture, her recipes are also reflective of her new newly acquired Tuscan lifestyle.

Dena just published a complimentary Easter recipe e-book you might want to take a look at.

Traditional Easter recipes are plentiful and vary depending on the region. Lamb is a mainstay Easter main course and for dessert there's nothing more iconic than the Italian Easter Colomba cake: it’s just as prolific in the Easter season as panettone is over the Christmas holidays.

There are many regional Easter desserts throughout Italy, and one of my favorites is the Pastiera Napoletana.

So what is the Italian Easter Colomba Cake? [1][2][3][4]