Italian cuisine is very regional ... or caramel. One of Italy's best-known desserts, cannoli (the singular is cannolo) originated in Sicily, but now are available all over the country and beyond.

Quick and easy to assemble, this oil-based Italian apple cake is great for any time of day, and it is lighter in calories and monounsaturated fats than a butter-based cake.

In honour of Ado Campeol, who invented the tiramisu in the 1970s and has just died at the age of 93, writer Alex Sims pens a love letter to the creamy, coffee-soaked Italian dessert. A mouth ...