ciambellina

/chyahm-behl-LEE-neh/ee/
[Italian] plural ciambelline

A large, ring-shaped fruit cake or a crumbly sponge cake with candied fruits and nuts from Emilia-Romagna, often flavoured with aniseed, sometimes with lemon, and dunked in wine. They may also be fried cakes like doughnuts. They may have a filling of jam (US: jelly). Without jam they may be called bensone.

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