A really special specialty cake.

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Not that it can't be found on grocery store shelves during any season, it's just that, at this time of year, Panettone, the traditional Italian specialty cake that has been a staple of Bauducco Foods since 1952, seems to take on an omnipresence amidst the avalanche of festive fare that floods the market--and with good reason.

Bauducco exports to 80 countries around the world and has five manufacturing plants with the capacity to produce more than 200,000 tons of baked goods annually--and while its cookies, cakes, wafers, and toasts indeed are tasty treats, Panettone remains the company's number-one export. Panettone also may be made with candied fruit and raisins, or with milk chocolate chips.

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Toppings, of course, only add to the experience. There are...