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Chocolate Almond Cake
The original cake from the island of Capri.
The only place where to find these Delicacy . Many Client described as "Italian Macaroons "
So it was that in 1920, in a craft workshop on the Island of Capri, a chef named Carmine di Fiore involuntarily "created" the delicious masterpiece of Neapolitan confectionery art: the Caprese cake. It is said that the cook was alone in his small culinary "realm", surrounded by his utensils, ingredients and was committed with extreme care in the preparation of an almond cake for three gangsters who came to Capri to buy a batch of Al Capone gaiters.
Everything was going well but perhaps out of distraction, perhaps because of the haste to finish, perhaps for another, he made a mistake that would have certainly cost him his reputation as a renowned chef (he would have had to deal with the gangsters too ...): he forgot to add the dose of flour needed to complete the cake dough. He baked it without realizing it and at the end of cooking, with great amazement, the cake was a real delicacy: soft in the center and crunchy outside. Unexpected recipe, made by chance? It had paid off! And what fruits! The three Americans were 100% satisfied, even asking for the recipe.
Carmine continued to prepare the cake even afterwards and liked it a lot, had a great success.Caprese is also widespread on the Amalfi Coast and the Sorrento Peninsula.
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