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By Carol Field
Published 1997
Italians indulge their fierce love of sweets in any number of ways—notice how many spoonfuls of sugar they heap into tiny cups of espresso—but they also have a real passion for simple homemade cakes like bensone, a traditional dessert that crumbles in the fingers and melts in the mouth. This simple S-shaped cake is not overly sweet, but it is easy to make and easy to eat.