Sacripantina Cake with Pastry Cream, Marsala and Amarena Cherry Syrup

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1. When I lived in San Francisco as a young chef’s apprentice, I made regular pilgrimages to North Beach, winding my way through the dense scent of garlic and espresso, past Molinari with its chandelier of hanging salumi and men playing cards on Columbus Avenue. Mrs. Malattia owned the best knife shop in the city, where all the chefs brought their knives f…