What is "pandoro"

n. A sweet bread loaf of Italian origin, similar to panettone but without candied fruit, in the shape of a star; traditionally eaten at Christmas.

Pandoro is a traditional Italian sweet yeast bread, most popular around Christmas and New Year. Typically a Veronese product, pandoro is traditionally shaped like a frustum with an 8 pointed- star section.

It is often served dusted with vanilla scented icing sugar made to resemble the snowy peaks of the Italian Alps during Christmas.