Torta Tre Monti (from it, “three mountain cake”) is a traditional
Sammarinese
Sammarinese () are citizens and people of the Republic of San Marino.
Language
San Marino recognizes Italian as the official language. The indigenous language, known as Sammarinese, is a variety of Romagnol spoken by approximately 83 percent o ...
cake
Cake is a flour confection made from flour, sugar, and other ingredients, and is usually baked. In their oldest forms, cakes were modifications of bread, but cakes now cover a wide range of preparations that can be simple or elaborate, ...
made of layers of thin
waffled wafers cemented together by
chocolate or
hazelnut
The hazelnut is the fruit of the hazel tree and therefore includes any of the nuts deriving from species of the genus ''Corylus'', especially the nuts of the species ''Corylus avellana''. They are also known as cobnuts or filberts according t ...
crème. The final product is covered in chocolate
fondant
Fondant is a mixture of sugar and water used as a confection, filling, or icing. Sometimes gelatin and glycerine are used as softeners or stabilizers.
There are numerous varieties of fondant, with the most basic being poured fondant. Others inc ...
. It is similar to other layered desserts common to
San Marino, this one being representative of the
Three Towers of San Marino.
In San Marino, the ''torta'' has been commercially produced by La Serenissima since 1942. The bakery markets both a full-size cake and snack-size version, in addition to a variation that includes coffee.
See also
*
List of cakes
*
List of Italian desserts and pastries
References
External links
La Serenissima home pageProduction process video
Cakes
Sammarinese cuisine
Chocolate desserts
National dishes
Italian cakes
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