Is a cake created in the 1930s by Pasticcere Castino, then owner of the historic pastry shop in Piazza Duomo in Pinerolo and a regular haunt of belle époque ladies and knights.
Since 1976 the Torta Zurigo has been a registered trademark of the il Pasticcere workshop in Via Saluzzo in Pinerolo.
The cake is a chocolate shortcrust pastry base with a Chantilly filling covered with chocolate chips and candied cherries dipped in white chocolate.
Tradition has it that the original recipe was dedicated to Princess Jolanda of Savoy, a frequent visitor to the City of Chivalry.