Italian bakery Olivieri 1882 is bringing back a limited-edition product in celebration of Easter, its signature Colomba di Pasqua.
The Colomba is a traditional, yeasted dove-shaped cake known for its feather-light texture, and heady floral, orange aroma. It’s an edible symbol of the Easter holiday.
Crafted for over 140 years, Olivieri 1882’s Colomba Classica is 100 percent handmade, and features exclusively high-quality ingredients including Tahitian Bourbon vanilla bean, raw cane sugar, centrifuged Belgian butter and Italian acacia honey. Sticky morsels of candied orange stud the cloud-like sweet bread which is then crowned with an almond, hazelnut, pine nut and pearl sugar glaze. A four-day production process, painstakingly long fermentation and zero preservatives leads to a fluffy, rich yet refined, and extremely digestible final product that has won a slew of awards in its native Italy.
Olivieri 1882 Colomba comes in a variety of flavors including return favorites Triple Chocolate, Apricot Salted Caramel, and White Chocolate and Berries. New this year is their Easter Egg-Shaped Lemon & Wild Strawberry Colomba. $90 ushers the sweet treat from Italy to US doorsteps in 48 hours or less. Orders can be placed here.