Genoa cake
Genoa cake, known in Italian as pandolce or pandolce genovese, is a fruit cake consisting of sultanas (golden-coloured raisins), currants or raisins, glacé cherries, almonds, and candied orange peel or essence, cooked in a batter of flour, eggs, butter, and sugar. == Origins == Although the name Genoa cake is mainly used in the United Kingdom, where recipes for it have been around since the 19th century, it is a variant of the pandolce (Italian: [panˈdoltʃe]; Ligurian: pandoçe, Ligurian: [paŋˈduːse]; lit. 'sweet bread') cake which originated in 16th century Genoa as a Christmas cake.