The boob cake cult is flourishing in the south of Italy, where the locals are deeply religious and superstitious. You will usually want to bake a cake for 15 to 20 minutes. However, if you make a cake that needs that long to cook, you should probably double the recipe. How Is Long Too Long? If you’re feeling really adventurous, you could also try creating a realistic-looking nipple using fondant or chocolate.

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Now it is time to add the details to your cake. Draw two circles, the same size as your cake pans, on top of the frosting. These circles will be the nipples of your cake.

Once the cake is cooked, allow it to cool completely. Once cooled, cut the cake in half horizontally. Frost the top of one half of the cake and place the other half on top. Frost the top and sides of the cake. Even though she is a Catholic saint, Agatha’s festival in Catania still carries traces of goddess worship. “With most of these very big festas, or Catholic celebrations, whether in Latin America, Spain, or Italy, it’s always about Jesus,” says Bernadette Wegenstein, a filmmaker and media professor at Johns Hopkins University who attended the Catania festival while making a documentary about breast cancer. “But this one really has nothing to do with Catholicism. Catholicism is trying to own the story, but really, no one seems to care about Catholicism. They all just want to have access to her.”

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To frost the cake, use a piping bag fitted with a star-shaped nozzle. Start by piping a large swirl in the middle of the cake, and then build up the frosting around the edges, making sure to form a realistic-looking breast shape. When measuring for the cake, be sure to take into account the size of the cake tin or baking dish you will be using. A 9-inch cake tin or baking dish is a good size to use for a boob cake. Boob cakes are usually prepared in advance and frozen. You can prepare them ahead of time and freeze them. If you don’t have time to make the cake beforehand, create one from scratch

Both Simeti and Wegenstein also note that, in Italy, the breast isn’t as intensely sexualized as it is elsewhere. “In Sicily, it’s more of a symbol of femininity, motherhood, nutrition, and fertility,” says Wegenstein. To the citizens of Catania, this is what Saint Agatha and her symbolic pastry represent. The saint’s celebrations are muted this year, but there’s no need to take to the streets of Catania to buy minni di Sant’Agata . For a sacred sweet, try the recipe below. Small cake molds or ice-cube molds are perfect for forming your spheres. Sam O’Brien for Gastro Obscura Minni Di Sant’Agata Adapted from La Cucina Italiana Add the liquid ingredients into the batter, in three stages, mixing well on low speed after each addition. Increase the speed and mix for a couple of minutes until batter is smooth. Remove from fridge and shape into domes. Cut deep wells in the center of each cake (cut through 3 cakes) You can also use other decorations to make the cake look like a real boob. You can use frosting to make the cake look like a skin tone, and you can use Wilton’s Modeling Chocolate to create the veins on the boob. You can also use other candies to create the wrinkles on the boob.