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Rose-shaped Italian brioche

Rose-shaped Italian brioche

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An Italian brioche shaped like a rose bouquet: a lemon-flavored dough rolled and filled with butter, sugar, and hazelnuts, then baked in the oven.

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Recipe from Hippias, Ramac, The Doc (Wikibooks), adapted by Recette de cuisine · · updated on

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The “Torta di Rose” (Rose Cake) gets its name from its shape, resembling a bouquet of roses, despite not containing any actual roses in the recipe. A light, lemon-scented dough is filled with butter, sugar, and hazelnuts, then rolled up.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time30 min
  • Cook time40 min
  • Resting3 hr
  • Total4 hr 10 min
  • DifficultyMedium
  • CostBudget
  • Cooking methodfour
  • Estimated cost$7.56 $0.76 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 7, 2026.
  • Vegetarian

Ingredients

10 people

Dough

  • $0.66
  • $0.14
  • $0.92
  • $0.16
  • $1.05
  • $0.35
  • $0.35
  • $0.54
  • $0.10
  • $0.47

Decoration

  • $0.14
  • $0.92
  • $1.76

Prices from US supermarkets for 8 of 13 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.

Directions

  1. Mix all the dough ingredients together and let it rise for 2 hours in a dark place.
  2. Spread the dough out into a vaguely oval shape. ≈ 4 min
  3. Combine the filling ingredients and spread them evenly over the dough. ≈ 4 min
  4. Roll it up along the short side and cut off pieces every 10 cm. ≈ 10 min
  5. Arrange the rolls in a greased baking pan, leaving about 2 to 3 cm of space between each roll. ≈ 3 min
  6. Let it sit for another hour, until the roses begin to touch each other.
  7. Bake in a preheated oven at 180 °C for 40 minutes.

The bill

Rose-shaped Italian brioche

  • 500 g of type 0 flour$0.66
  • 125 grams of sugar$0.14
  • 100 g of butter$0.92
  • 20 g of fresh baker’s yeast$0.16
  • 3 eggs$1.05
  • Juice of 1/2 lemon$0.35
  • Zest of 1 lemon$0.35
  • One orange$0.54
  • salt$0.10
  • milk, as needed$0.47
  • 125 grams of sugar$0.14
  • 100 g of butter$0.92
  • 100 g of hazelnuts$1.76

Total$7.56

that's $0.76 per person

Estimated price; varies by store.

Equipment

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Before you start

Ingredients

  • 500 g of type 0 flour
  • 125 grams of sugar
  • 100 g of butter
  • 20 g of fresh baker’s yeast
  • 3 eggs
  • Juice of 1/2 lemon
  • Zest of 1 lemon
  • One orange
  • salt
  • milk, as needed
  • 125 grams of sugar
  • 100 g of butter
  • 100 g of hazelnuts

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