Pan de Pascua

Pan de Pascua

Type	Sweet cake
Place of origin	Chile
Main ingredients	Ginger, honey, candied fruits, raisins, walnuts and almonds

Pan de Pascua is a Chilean cake traditionally eaten around Christmas time.^{[1][better source needed]} Although "Pascua" primarily means Passover and secondarily means Easter, it also may mean Christmas and Epiphany.^[2] In Chile both Navidad and Pascua are used to refer to Christmas.^[3] Despite its name, it is a cake made from batter, and not a true bread. It is similar to a sweet sponge cake flavored with ginger and honey. It usually contains candied fruits, raisins, walnuts and almonds. Pan de Pascua was originally introduced to Chile by German immigrants. The Chilean version combines characteristics of the German Stollen and the Italian Pandoro.^{[citation needed]}

References

1. "Pan de Pascua (Chilean Christmas Cake)". 22 November 2005.
2. Real Academia Española, Diccionario de la lengua española, pascua.
3. "Chilean Christmas Bread recipe (Pan de Pascua)". www.globalministries.org. Archived from the original on 2019-04-25. Retrieved 2019-02-05.