Buccellato

*Buccellato*
Type	Cake
Place of origin	Italy
Region or state	Sicily
Main ingredients	Candied fruit
	Media: Buccellato;

A buccellato (Italian: [buttʃelˈlaːto]) is a Sicilian circular cake filled with figs and nuts.¹ In Sicily, it is traditionally associated with Christmas.²³ It is not to be confused with the distinct but similar traditional Lucchese cake of the same name, the buccellato di Lucca, although both are ring-shaped sweet breads that contain candied fruit peels.⁴

References

"Sicilian Buccellato: the Christmas cake that tells the story of Sicily". Visit Sicily. Retrieved 3 May 2026.
Gillian Riley, The Oxford Companion to Italian Food (Oxford University Press, 2004, p. 194.
Carol Field, Celebrating Italy (W. Morrow and Company, 1990), p. 284.
Anna Del Conte, "Buccellato" in Gastronomy of Italy (rev. ed.: Pavilion Books, 2013).

[1] "Sicilian Buccellato: the Christmas cake that tells the story of Sicily". Visit Sicily. Retrieved 3 May 2026.

[Riley-2] Gillian Riley, The Oxford Companion to Italian Food (Oxford University Press, 2004, p. 194.

[3] Carol Field, Celebrating Italy (W. Morrow and Company, 1990), p. 284.

[4] Anna Del Conte, "Buccellato" in Gastronomy of Italy (rev. ed.: Pavilion Books, 2013).

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