Christmas is here with a loud cheer and since it is also a holiday, we can consider taking a trip to Italy to spend the week there. Considering the number of quirky traditions and a lot of fun activities they have organized to lucky tourists in the country.
The latest one being the making of the world’s largest panettone to kick off celebrations in Milan on Sunday with free slices of the biggest Italian candied cake in the world.
Weighing in at 140 kilogrammes (308 pounds), the two-metre (over six foot) high marvel was sliced up into 1,200 pieces for sweet-toothed tourists and locals at the Victor Emmanuel II shopping gallery near the city’s Gothic cathedral.
The Milanese factory makes the traditional cake with its candied fruits and raisins not just for Italy but around the world, with some 200 of the golden buns headed to a New York caterer alone each week.
It takes 36 hours to turn out a panettone, with raisins and candied peel added to the mix of water, sugar, flour, eggs, butter and vanilla. Once baked, the cakes are hung upside down for 10 hours to allow the butter to drop.
According to the Italian agricultural association Coldiretti, three quarters of Italians will have a slice of panettone at some point over the Christmas holidays — perhaps with a dollop of mascarpone cream or washed down with a sweet liqueur.
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