Heart-shaped Mantovana Cake

4/6 slices

• Description

  The Mantovana is a soft, orange flavored butter cake, made with free-range eggs, flour and sugar, and covered with almond grains.
  For Valentine's Day, and other special occasions, it is baked in the shape of a heart.
  It does not contain yeast.
  Just like a homemade cake, it is best enjoyed within the first few days of it being made and in any case within the recommended dates.
  
  Recommended pairings:
  - Coffee or Tea
  - Moscato d'Asti, fruit extracts
  
  Once opened, store in a cool and dry place in the same tightly closed package.
  
  Our Specialties are packaged in a special breathable paper, ideal for preserving their freshness and artisanal qualities. They can be stored for 12 days from the date of production. The best before date and batch number are printed on the bottom of the package. We always ship our Specialties as fresh as possible, straight from the oven.

• History

  In 1875, two nuns from Mantua, on a pilgrimage to Rome, were welcomed by Antonio Mattei. As a token of gratitude for his hospitality, they gave him the recipe for a traditional cake from their hometown, from which our Torta Mantovana takes its name.
  
  Antonio Mattei reinterpreted the recipe in his own distinctive way, creating the version that is still handmade and sold in our shops today. Its exceptional quality was also celebrated by Pellegrino Artusi, who included it in his famous 1891 cookbook 'Science in the Kitchen and the Art of Eating Well'.
  
  In 2015, Valentine's Day provided the inspiration to reinterpret the historic Torta Mantovana in a new heart-shaped form. Its success was such that it has since become a permanent part of our production.

• Ingredients

  EGGS, WHEAT flour, BUTTER (MILK), sugar, orange essential oil, ALMONDS, ammonium carbonates (E503).
  
  May contain SOY, PISTACHIOS, HAZELNUTS, PEANUTS, MUSTARD AND OTHER TREE NUTS
  
  Icing sugar sachet: sugar, WHEAT starch, vanillin.

• Sizes
  Width

  17 cm

  Height

  6 cm

  Depth

  10 cm
• Nutrition declaration
  Average quantity for

  100

  g

  ENERGY

  2000

  kj

  487

  kcal

  FAT

  of which saturates

  31

  g

  16

  g

  CARBOHYDRATE

  of which sugars

  40

  g

  17

  g

  FIBRE

  2.2

  g

  PROTEIN

  10

  g

  SALT

  0.12

  g
• Notes

  After a few days the cake regains its natural softness if slightly heated.