La Spongata is a chest of rich shortcrust pastry, inside, with a filling of pine nuts, honey, raisins, almonds, breadcrumbs and spices. The origins of this cake are fourteenth century and the story, intertwined with legend, tells that in 1454 a general from Parma sent the Spongata as a gift to Francesco Sforza, duke of Milan. The name seems to derive from "sponga", which translated from Italian to Italian dialect means "sponge", probably by virtue of its appearance: the shell of pasta, in fact, was once "pinched" in the upper part making ...
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