Setteveli is a seven-layer chocolate cake with bitter chocolate mousse, gianduja, hazelnut praline, sponge, ganache and a thin chocolate glaze on top, the modern Palermitan signature.
Setteveli is the Palermitan seven-layer chocolate cake associated with Pasticceria Cappello, where AMPI master pastry chef Salvatore Cappello refined the Sicilian version. (The contemporary competition Setteveli that won the Coupe du Monde de la Patisserie in Lyon in 1997 was the work of a separate Italian team; Cappello's Palermo cake is the city's local standard.) The cake has become the modern signature Palermitan pastry, sold across the city alongside the historic convent and Arab-origin sweets.
3 editor picks for Setteveli in Palermo, ranked by editorial score. All Palermo signature dishes · Setteveli across every city.
Pasticceria Cappello ★ 4.7
albergheria · Via Colonna Rotta 68, 90134 Palermo
Pasticceria Cappello on Via Colonna Rotta is home to the Sicilian Setteveli, Palermo's defining seven-veil chocolate cake refined by Salvatore Cappello AMPI.
Antico Caffe Spinnato ★ 4.5
politeama · Via Principe di Belmonte 107, 90139 Palermo
Antico Caffe Spinnato on Via Principe di Belmonte in Palermo since 1860 is the city's senior cafe-pasticceria, the pedestrian-street terrace seat for morning.
Pasticceria Costa ★ 4.4
liberta · Via Gabriele D'Annunzio 15, 90144 Palermo
Pasticceria Costa on Via D'Annunzio in Palermo's Liberta is a senior Setteveli pasticceria-cafe, with espresso bar and monoporzione case for sit-down.