Editing Pandoro (section)

==History==
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[[File:Classic italian pandoro (45983202242).jpg|thumb|A classical ''pandoro'']]

The first citation of a dessert clearly identified as ''pandoro'' dates to the 18th century. The dessert certainly figured in the cuisine of the Venetian aristocracy. [[Venice]] was the principal market for spices as late as the 18th century, as well as for the sugar that by then had replaced honey in European pastries and bread made from leavened dough. It was at [[Verona]], in Venetian territory, that the formula for making ''pandoro'' was developed and perfected, a process that required a century. The modern history of this dessert bread began there on October 30, 1894, when Domenico Melegatti obtained a patent for a procedure to be applied in producing ''pandoro'' industrially. Melegatti formed a ''pandoro'' company in 1896, which survived a bankruptcy crisis in 2017.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Christmas favourite Pandoro cake survives bankruptcy through Malta equity fund |url=https://www.maltatoday.com.mt/christmas/christmas/83214/christmas_favourite_pandoro_cake_survives_bankruptcy_through_malta_equity_fund |access-date=2024-02-16 |website=MaltaToday.com.mt |language=en}}</ref>