Crostata cake

Recipe for a simple Italian crostata cake

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Crostata is a unique Italian cake that, in its simplicity, hides an unusual light taste and the charm of traditional Italian cuisine. This delicate and lightly lemon-flavored cake baked with a fruit layer on top is an excellent addition to a cup of warming tea or aromatic coffee.

Crostata tart with fruit – notes

Crostata is an Italian tart or cake with fruit filling.

As is often the case in Italian cuisine, it is usually made with simple and basic ingredients.

You will need flour, butter, a little sugar, eggs, and fruit filling.

You can use your favorite preserves or jam.

For my crostata, I added forest fruit filling from Allnutrition.

It has few calories, so I managed to lower the calorie content of the cake a bit :)

Instead of typical shortcrust pastry, I prepared a lighter and slightly fluffier semi-shortcrust pastry.

I used Nigella Lawson’s recipe for crostata cake here.

She uses type 00 flour in her cake, I used type 500 flour.

After baking, I additionally sprinkled the cake with powdered sugar.

This fruit tart tastes excellent with coffee, and I’ll add that it stays fresh for a long time.

I highly recommend it!

I also recommend other fruit cake recipes from the blog.

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Recommended recipes for Italian sweets

Be sure to check out my other recipes for delicious Italian desserts. Here I recommend, among others, these three recipes: