Il Dolcino di Fabio Lanfranco

“Daddy, did you bring me a cake?” It was the recurrent question of Fabio Lanfranco and Jessica Reda’s young daughter that inspired the name of their patisserie. After years of experience abroad and later at the Capitano Rosso patisserie where they first met, Lanfranco and Jessica made their dream come true when they opened this superior craft bakery in the heart of La Loggia.

They use only the freshest local ingredients for their variegated classic and modern, and also vegan, Viennoiserie, flour- and lactose-free (the rice flour carrot cake is excellent). One of their best-loved creations is Croccaboom, a soft fried croissant protected by a registered trademark, also available filled with chocolate cream and zabaglione. The classic yeasted cakes deserve a special mention: one of the most successful variants is PanDolcino, made from panettone dough with confectioner’s custard and mascarpone glazed with hazelnut clusters, also available in single portions.

There is also a rich array of teacakes and single portions of meringue and cheesecake, not to mention savoury bites. The latest novelty is the sweet hamburger made from a maritozzo bun dough and decorated with confectioner’s cream, strawberry jelly and red berry fruits.

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