Medium Mantovana

Cake 6/8 slices

• Description

  Soft and fragrant Butter-based cake, with fresh free-range eggs, flour and sugar, is covered with almond grains.
  
  Just like a homemade cake, it is best enjoyed within the first days of production and in any case within the recommended dates.
  
  Recommended pairings:
  - Coffee or Tea
  - Moscato d'Asti, fruit extracts

• History

  In 1875 two nuns from Mantua, during a pilgrimage to Rome for the Jubilee, were hosted by Antonio Mattei: to thank him for the hospitality, they gifted him the recipe for this cake which takes its name from their city.
  Antonio Mattei made this recipe his own version, the one still on sale in our stores, and also celebrated by Pellegrino Artusi in his famous 1891 book 'Science in the kitchen with the art of eating well'.

• Ingredients

  EGGS, WHEAT flour, BUTTER, sugar, natural orange flavor, ALMONDS, raising agent (disodium diphosphate, sodium bicarbonate, soft WHEAT starch).
  May contain SOY, PISTACHIOS and HAZELNUTS

• Sizes
  Diameter

  21 cm

  Height

  4 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.