It is known that Augustus was parsimonious, especially in food, he himself loved to feed at times only with bread and grapes, abounding in fruit of all kinds during his banquets.

It took me a few days to research and prepare an honourable cake for Rome’s birthday (she turned 2773 on April21st!) Thinking about Rome, three words come to my mind, clear and concrete: authenticity, abundance and history. I imagined what kind of cake the ancient Romans would eat on the other side of their triclinium; I tried to savor the same tastes, the same flavors, I tried to see their colors…