Amor Polenta cake is known in Italy simply as Amor polenta or Dolce Varese, from the name of the city where this dessert was born. This Italian dessert has a beautiful yellow color, characteristic of this cake, given by the use of polenta flour. This here is one of the many polenta recipes you can find in Italy. Like all traditional Italian recipes, there are different versions of polenta cake that Lombard families have handed down over the years, with very small differences in the doses of the ingredients. The key ingredients, according to Italian tradition, are polenta flour, but the finer version (in Italy it’s called Fioretto) and chopped almonds. It’s traditionally made in an almond cake loaf pan but the usual plum cake mold work fine too.