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| Alternative names | Torta a rose |
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| Type | Cake |
| Place of origin | Italy |
| Region or state | Lombardy |
| Main ingredients | Flour,eggs,salt,butter,milk,vanilla,honey,yeast,sugar |
Thetorta delle rose ortorta a rose (lit. 'rose cake') is a typicalcake ofMantuan andBrescian cuisine. It is made with leavened dough rich in butter and sugar, which is rolled up and placed in the baking tin, taking the characteristic shape of a basket of rosebuds, hence the name.[1]
WhenIsabella d'Este became Marchioness consort of Mantua in 1490, by marryingFrancesco II Gonzaga, the cuisine of Mantua was influenced by that ofEmilia:[2][3] the Marchioness used the advice ofCristoforo di Messisbugo, cook of theLords of Ferrara, who seems to have created thetorta delle rose especially for her.[4][5]
