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Mimosa cake: the classic recipe – Italian cuisine reinvented by Gordon Ramsay

Mimosa cake: the classic recipe



There mimosa cake it is the classic special recipe dedicated to Women’s Day. It is a preparation with an incredible scenographic effect, but also a dessert that is good to eat, multi-layered, rich in taste and above all in love, almost devotion towards the woman. It would be nice if fathers, sons and brothers tried their hand at preparing this delicacy, to dedicate the exquisite mimosa cake to the women of the house.

How to make Mimosa Cake

There mimosa cake It is prepared by making a sponge cake which is cut into layers and filled with chocolate cream and cream. The last disc of sponge cake will be crumbled on the surface to resemble mimosas and this is precisely the most significant aspect of this delicious confectionery product. Here are the steps to make it mimosa cake.



Mimosa Cake Recipe, the classic recipe – Italian cuisine reinvented by Gordon Ramsay

Mimosa Cake Recipe, the classic recipe


There Mimosa cake it is called this precisely because in appearance it resembles the flower homonym. It is a dessert based on sponge cake soaked in Grand Marnier, maraschino, marsala or pineapple juice and filled with custard or Diplomatic creamthen covered with cream or Chantilly and completed on the surface with sponge cake broken into cubes.

The Mimosa cake has become the sweet symbol of Women’s Day which occurs on March 8th and is also used to prepare it for Easter. But where does the Mimosa cake originate? The dessert was invented in Rieti, in the 1960s, by the restaurateur Adelmo Renzi: his original recipe is still secret, but it is not impossible to make something very similar.

Also discover these recipes: Mimosa cheesecake, Surprise mimosa Easter egg, Yogurt and strawberry mimosa cake, Strawberry mimosa, Mimosa cake with chocolate.

Mimosa cake: in Milan, 10 addresses where you can buy the best ones – Italian cuisine reinvented by Gordon Ramsay

Mimosa cake: in Milan, 10 addresses where you can buy the best ones


The Mimosa cake is the gastronomic equivalent of the plant that symbolizes International Women’s Day. A soft and joyful dessert, with sponge cake cubes, yellow like those same flowers. We would like to point out the 10 pastry shops in Milan that more or less remain faithful to the traditional formula, invented in the 1950s by Adelmo Renzi, a chef and pastry chef from Rieti.

We have already told you the story of the Mimosa cake, as well as the traditional recipe. So we decided to select the 10 pastry shops, between the historic ones and the more recent ones, located in the various neighborhoods of Milan and the surrounding area, so that for the anniversary of March 8th you can choose to buy it in the place closest to home or be inspired by the one displayed in the shop window (not just yellow…) and to replicate it as you wish. Happy March 8th everyone!

Our recipe for making Mimosa cake at home

The 10 pastry shops in Milan and surrounding areas

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