Cose Buone da Paolo - Cavalese
Cose Buone da Paolo is a small family business, which since 1969 has been catering to the sweet tooth of the local inhabitants and tourists visiting Cavalese in Val di Fiemme, a valley in the Trentino Dolomites, by proposing traditional and innovative cakes and pastries.
Passing by the main street in Cavalese and peeping into the shop’s window, you will be enticed by the confectionery skills of Simone, who is continuing the family tradition that was handed down to him by Paolo Pasticcio, while he is creating his cakes and sweet delicacies.
Simone, besides proposing the great classics like krapfen (doughnuts) for an energy-boosting breakfast, the ever-present strudel and carrot cake, is famous for having recovered some ancient recipes that had almost been lost, for example the “Peta de casa”, a simple, traditional cake whose ingredients are stale bread, milk, eggs, apples, raisins and pine nuts.
Finally, the Torta di pane di segale e birra di Fiemme (a cake made with rye bread and Val di Fiemme beer), which once again underlines the strong link between tradition and the local territory. In this case, the distinctive characteristic is the craft beer produced by Stefano Gilmozzi, the brewmaster of the Birrificio di Fiemme of Daiano, which gives this cake a lingering flavour that is typical of the fruity Fleimbier pale lager. (Info: Pasticceria Cose Buone da Paolo – Piazza Scopoli 12, Cavalese)
