You're likely familiar with some famous Italian desserts and dessert customs, like pouring espresso over gelato for an affogato, but they only scratch the surface of Italy's sweet treats.

And I've got a few biscuits that are obviously not based... most of the desserts in Italy have got either lots of citrus fruits or lots of nuts. Those are probably the two dominant flavors, at least ...

Therefore, I was surprised to hear that rather than being a historic Italian dish passed from generation to generation, the world-famous dessert was actually created in the 1970s by Italian ...