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Tall and dome-shaped, panettone is a soft, sweet yeast cake with a buttery, fruity aroma of raisins and candied citrus peel traditionally served at Christmas time. While the ingredients in panettone are simple -flour, sugar, fresh eggs, butter, raisins, and candied citrus peel - the making of panettone is not. It takes almost two full days and 40+ hours to make each panettone!
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Pandoro, "golden bread," is a tall distinctively star-shaped golden yeast bread served during the Christmas season. It has a wonderfully silky texture with a delicious butter and vanilla aroma and taste. Pandoro is sold with packets of powdered sugar, which is sprinkled over the cake.
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Colomba made its appearance later than panettone and pandoro, but has become a fixture in Italy during the Easter holiday season. Numerous legends surround this cake. According to one, the Milanese, locked in battle with the Emperor Frederick Barbarossa just after Easter in 1176, saw the struggle turn in their favor when three doves flew from the nearby church. The legend says that ever since, Milanese have celebrated their victory by eating cakes in the shape of a dove.
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Manufacturers of Panettone, Pandoro and Colomba
Italian Confectioners Association (AIDI) members
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