636. Pane di Sabbia

Sand Cake

Preparation info
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in

By Pellegrino Artusi

Published 1998

  • About

Sand cake is another German sweet, and it sports this name because it crumbles like sand in the mouth. Consequently, it is generally served with tea, which makes it taste better.

Don’t panic when you learn that it takes two hours of uninterrupted labor to make this pastry, and that you must make sure to work in a draft-free area of the kitchen and to turn the mixing spoon always in the same direction. Women, who are naturally patient, particularly those who take pleasure in whipping