Bauli Pandoro di Verona

Star-shaped Christmas sponge cake · Bauli · Seasonal · Verona

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Why it's worth it

Pandoro is Verona's Christmas cake, a tall star-shaped vanilla sponge served under a snowfall of icing sugar, and the fruit-free counterpart to panettone. Bauli is the big supermarket name and originated in Verona. Like panettone it is a seasonal, Christmas-only shelf item.

Taste

Star-shaped golden sponge cake, no fruit; soft, buttery, vanilla-scented, served dusted with icing sugar

Why this rating

You can’t get this at homesold in Czechia, but the local variant differs

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Easy to findstocked in mainstream chains at everyday prices

Scores 6 of 10 on our published rubric.

Nutrition

Nutri-Score EBad nutritional quality

Nutritional values per 100 g

Energy value1678 kJ · 401 kcal

Fats19 gincluding saturated fatty acids12 g

Carbohydrates49 gincluding sugars24 g

Protein7.5 g

Salt0.6 g

Source: Open Food Facts label data (may lag pack reformulations).

Where & what you'll pay

Coop

Conad

Esselunga

Carrefour€€EAN 8001720011033

If you know Czech shelves

Czech vánočka is the festive-bread cousin; pandoro is a star-shaped vanilla sponge dusted with sugar

Sources

“pandoro (originally from Verona ) nowadays are known and enjoyed all over the world”
rossiwrites.com (blog)

Curated 2026-07-06. Image: Open Food Facts contributors, CC-BY-SA.