This tri-colored cake is inspired by the classic Italian rainbow cookies, with colorful layers of almond cake sandwiched together with fruit preserves and covered with a chocolate ganache icing.

Grispelle are fried potato doughnuts which come from Calabria where they are a special Christmas treat. You can use white potatoes or sweet potatoes in this recipe. Grispelle can be shaped in rings or long batons, whichever you prefer.

Traditional Italian Christmas Desserts including struffoli, buccelato - fig cake, rainbow cookies, pandoro, panettone, Italian cookies and more.

Feast of the 3 Kings and the Italian legend of Old Befana are celebrated with a recipe for Befana Cake.

Biscotti recipes with autumn and Christmas flavors include pumpkin, gingerbread, chocolate-peppermint, and colorful Christmas biscotti with cranberries and pistachios.

Panforte, or Siena Cake, is a traditional Italian Christmas dessert that is made with honey, nuts, chocolate, spices, and dried fruit. It has a soft and chewy texture similar to fudge or a very dense brownie.

Buccellato is a fig and nut filled ring cake that comes from Sicily. We also provide you with step-by-step photos and a recipe for buccellatini, which is a mini version of buccellato.

Traditional Italian Christmas Desserts including struffoli, buccelato - fig cake, rainbow cookies, pandoro, panettone, Italian cookies and more.

Parrozzo is a traditional Christmas cake from the Abruzzo region of Italy. The classic dome-shaped almond cake is flavored with citrus zest and topped with a rich chocolate glaze. The cake is baked in an ovenproof bowl to maintain its classic shape.

Traditional Italian Christmas Desserts including struffoli, buccelato - fig cake, rainbow cookies, pandoro, panettone, Italian cookies and more.

Panettone is the traditional tall, fruit-filled Italian sweet bread that is served at Christmas. Try our traditional panettone recipe and learn about the legend of the bread.

This fresh fruit tart recipe consists of a buttery crisp tart shell filled with a creamy, lemon-flavored custard filling and topped with slices of strawberries and kiwi glazed with apricot preserves.

Italian chestnut cake with a dense fudge-like chocolate and chestnut filling on a chocolate cookie crust and topped with a silky smooth chocolate glaze. Garnish the cake with chocolate leaves and whole chestnuts brushed with gold pearl dust.

Traditional Italian Christmas Desserts including struffoli, buccelato - fig cake, rainbow cookies, pandoro, panettone, Italian cookies and more.

Mascarpone cream has a rich, smooth texture similar to zabaglione. In this parfait recipe it is layered with crumbled cookies but you could also layer it with fruit or Nutella or flavor the cream with another liqueur or extract.

Pandoro or pan d'oro means golden bread. It is a traditional Pandoro is a Christmas bread from Verona, Italy. Pandoro is baked in a special mold that will give you star-shaped bread slices that can be served with a variety of sauces or arranged into a Christmas-tree shape.