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Food & Drink The most famous ricotta cake in Buenos Aires

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Where to try the best ricotta cake in BA?


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Ricotta cake is a classic Argentine dessert, served in many pizzerias and sweet shops in Buenos Aires.


Between an alfajor and a medialuna, wouldn't you also order a slice of ricotta cake? Argentine pastries are not just limited to dulce de leche!

Along with other national delicacies, ricotta cake is an unmissable delicacy that you can try in all the best bakeries , traditional pizzerias and in some restaurants.

Dough, filling, ingredients, texture, cream, and even fruit flavors; There is a ricotta cake recipe for all criteria and tastes!

Gino's story, in La Paternal

Historic Buenos Aires pizzeria since 1943, Gino , self-proclaimed “The Ricotta Cake Kingpin,” serves the city's best-known ricotta cake. A recipe with a lot of cream, accompanied by a discreet cake-shaped dough. Those who are passionate about ricotta cake do not hesitate for a second to go to Paternal to get this exceptional dessert.


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@ginoelcapo and The most famous ricotta cake in #BuenosAires with its slogan is "El capo de la torta de ricotta".
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👉🏻 Well earned its nickname as it is undoubtedly the best ricotta cake in town.
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👉🏻Su secret is the preparation of the cakes with high quality ricotta.
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👉🏻Ofrecen ricotta cakes with dulce de leche, with red fruits or the traditional one. They usually prepare more than 200 cakes per day and on weekends the place is full. The locals wait from early in the morning, queuing up to the corner to get their ricotta cake.
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👉🏻 They also have a lot of Italian pastry products such as Sicilian cannoli with pastry cream and pistachio, like ricotta cake with dulce de leche, super-filled sfogliattela.
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👉🏻Declarado as a site of cultural interest by the Buenos Aires legislature.
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📍Location: 5183 Juan B Justo Av.
Open from Tuesday to Sunday from 8 am to 7 pm.
 
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