Whats Cookin Italian Style Cuisine
I love to make an assortment of Italian pastries for Easter, and these Mini Cassata Cheesecakes are just perfect for smaller families.
Every year I use to make mom's Easter Cassata in her memory which is very large and now with two people, I just make them in this smaller version and freeze them.
I still make Grandma's Easter Bread, which is another Italian tradition we do every year.
I can take out what I need and they taste just as fresh as first baked after thawing in the refrigerator.
This year I made it just a little different.
This custard ricotta filling is perfect in these little cupcake tins for individual servings and so cute!
It's just a little more festive looking. I added a little bunny baked into my little cheesecakes.
The children loved them. They make such a pretty addition to the dessert platter of baked treats for our dessert tray.
Scroll through our tips, easy instructions, and printable recipe below.
Whats Cookin Italian Style Cuisine
Mom's Scratch Anisette Cake is an all-made-from-scratch cake I grew up with and was a staple in our home, served with demitasse coffee just about every Sunday for dessert.
Anisette is a very strong flavoring that resembles black licorice in taste, and I just love the aroma of this homemade cake baking.
The cake was always served plain, mostly baked in a bundt pan back in the vintage days of the 1960s, which was a huge craze in those days.
This is a bundt cake mom made using all pantry ingredients with anisette flavor was my Grandmother's recipe originally from Rome, Italy she adapted it as I have over the years.
Dad even enjoyed the leftover with his morning cup of coffee as he read the daily newspaper; the smell and the taste of this cake were the best memories of this cake.
This old-fashioned basic recipe can be flavored any way you like. The cake is plain until you add the anise flavorings, so if you're a fan and found this, you'll love the cake if not, you can add anything you like to the batter!
If you are a fan of anisette flavoring like our family, you may also like to try Italian Anisette Biscotti, another delicious cookie we always had in the cookie jar.
If you're not a baker try the "Doctored Cake Mix Anisette Cake" version in our recipe card all the way at the bottom scroll down and hit print for quickly avoiding ADS.
Whats Cookin Italian Style Cuisine
The first time I had a slice of Strawberry Pie was in the Southern state of Florida and I fell in love with it instantly!
Being a huge strawberry fan, this pie mounded high with fresh strawberries, a thick glaze, all piled high with an all-homemade flaky crust was irresistible in every bite.
The pie is really easy to make consisting of pie crust, fresh strawberries, and a sweet thickened strawberry jello glaze that clings to each juicy berry.
This pie is made from scratch or a few shortcuts we will suggest for busy folks for alternatives for a quicker dessert by using all store-bought ingredients, either way, this pie is a winner.
Our recipe is all made with a homemade pie crust, and homemade glaze, and topped with whipped heavy cream which I prefer but is totally optional.
We love it homemade and it certainly celebrates the season and is perfect for the Patriotic holidays all dressed up with the addition of blueberries.
If you would like to get this recipe just scroll to the bottom of the page hit print and the ads will go away for an easy transition.
