الوصف

The origins of this cake are very far, in fact, seems to be born at the end of ***0, in the convent of Martorana in Palermo, attached to the church of St. Mary's, which owes its name to George of Antioch, admiral of King Roger II . The "real" name given to the pasta pastry can be traced back to the fact that it was "fit for a king" for the quality and characteristics of the cake.  constitutes one of the most typical desserts of eastern Sicily, where the pastry chefs working in the almond traditional way with honey, to obtain a pure almond paste, which can also be flavored with lemon or orange in addition to being covered with powdered sugar.