Bakery:
Robiglio
Address:
Via dei Servi 112/r, Florence
Website:
n/a
Style:
Italian
Price:
$$
You guessed it -- the Cake Fairy is back with one more treat from Italy, this time from Florence. Milan, Florence... it's amazing how far her wings can carry her. ;D Thank you for this Cake Tour!
Robiglio is a long-standing, cherry wood and mirror-bedecked patisserie, confectionery, and cafe in Florence; they also have a restaurant, but who really cares about that? It's all about the sweets! And Robiglio has quite a bit of them: shelves of jellies and chocolates, cakes with candied fruits and nuts, baked goods galore and cakes that I've never seen before; we're not in Cannoli-land anymore, Dorothy.... Just looking at the photos makes me jealous! *-*
This time, the Cake Fairy gave us a present wrapped prettily in gold and ribbon. Undoing the ribbon (this did indeed turn into a ceremony in the kitchen with everyone huddled around, eager as if it were Christmas) and unwrapping the paper, there it was: a loaf cake covered in hard milk chocolate. The knife was handed over and it was time to slice it up. This proved far more difficult than anticipated: once breaking through the tasty chocolate exterior, the cake crumbled. There was no cohesion at all. All attempts at photographing a slice were in vain. The plates looked like someone had fed the cake through a paper shredder. Even the candied fruit all pooled at the pool, instead of being evenly distributed throughout the dough.
This sort of fruit cake is made in advance and it's pretty much assumed you'll be enjoying at a later date, but this was pretty dry and the dough had nothing binding it together like alcohol, honey or sugar syrup, which are common in fruit, honey or spice cakes; therefore, crumbling upon impact. Very good in taste but dry and messy, it was more an aesthetic nightmare than anything else. Spoons, not forks recommended. -_-
Rating: ***
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