Corollo

01 / ABOUT THE DISH

About the dish

Corollo is a traditional cake originating from the island of Elba. The cake is made with a combination of flour, butter, sugar, eggs, milk, grated lemon peel, baking powder, and a bit of aniseed liqueur. The dough is thoroughly kneaded before it's placed into a ring-shaped mold and baked in the oven. Once done, the corollo is left to cool and sprinkled with icing sugar before serving. This dry donut-shaped cake is often prepared for festivals, special events, Easter, and Christmas. It is believed that the tradition of baking corollo dates back to the May festival in Campo, when single young men sang songs to the unmarried local girls, and the next day, the girls would bake corollo with a hole in the middle, which was placed on poles and delievered to the young men.