We have chosen to flavour the pastry cream for this cake with limoncello, but feel free to use lemon zest, vanilla, almonds or any other flavouring which is to your taste. And if you want another variation, replace the pastry cream with creamed chocolate or even ricotta.

It could be that the name 'Nua' is simply the name of the woman who invented this cake. "Nua" could also mean "naked" in the Venetian dialect, but this cake, rich in pastry cream as it is, seems to be anything but naked!