Typical dessert called Polenta e Osei, Old city of Bergamo, Bergamo province, Lombardy, Italy, Europe

Ciambella marchigiana, a ring cake with pinenut filling and eggs, a traditional Italian cake for Easter, Marche, Italy, Europe

Chocolate and pine nut cake; traditional ligurian cakes, Savona; Liguria; Italy

Potato cake, a typical dish of the so-called white cuisine of the hinterland of western Liguria; Mendatica; Imperia; Liguria, Italy

Potato cake, a typical dish of the so-called white cuisine of the hinterland of western Liguria; Mendatica; Imperia; Liguria, Italy

Sbrisolona cake, traditional cake of Mantua, Lombardy, Italy, Europe

Chocolate ice cream dessert and eggnog cream at the Locanda Don Serafino restaurant in Ragusa Ibla, led by Vincenzo Candiano, chef of the starred restaurant. Via Avvocato Giovanni Ottaviano, 13, Ragusa, Sicily, Italy

Baked goods on display in an Italian bakery, Italy

Display of confectioneries behind glass at a bakery, Italy