Type | Cake |
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Place of origin | Italy |
Region or state | Sicily |
Main ingredients | Candied fruit |
A Buccellato [buttʃelˈlaːto] is a Sicilian circular cake made from pastry dough filled with figs and nuts.[1] It is traditionally associated with Christmas in Sicily.[1][2]
It is not to be confused with the distinct, but similar traditional Lucchese cake of the same name, the buccellato (di Lucca), although both are ring-shaped sweet breads that contain candied fruit peels.[3]