Name: Bocca di Dama (Passover Almond Sponge Cake)
Yield: Serves 8 to 10
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 1½ cups finely chopped blanched almonds; 1½ cups granulated sugar; 12 eggs, separated; Grated zest of 2 oranges; 6 to 8 tablespoons matzoh meal; ½ teaspoon almond extract

Preparation info

Serves
8 to 10

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Cucina Ebraica

By Joyce Goldstein

Published 1998

About

Bocca di dama means “mouth of a woman.” It is also the name for a classic Italian almond cake. This adaptation of Emma Belforte’s recipe from La cucina livornese is obviously for Passover, as it is flourless and uses matzoh meal and almonds.