Serial Killer's Tea Cake Recipe

Leonarda Cianciulli was a very famous soap maker in Italy and was an excellent baker. I recently wrote an article about her, Dead Bodies Were Used to Make Soap (Serial Killer Leonarda Cianciulli).

Leonarda Cianciulli (The Soap-Maker of Correggio) was an Italian serial killer responsible for three deaths in 1939 and 1940.

You can click HERE to read the full article on why she murdered those three people and turned them into soap and tea cakes.

She was sentenced to thirty years in prison and three years in a criminal asylum. Everyone loved her baked goods in prison.

While in prison, she wrote a seven hundred plus pages memoir (titled ‘An Embittered Soul’s Confession) going into detail about her murders.

In her memoir, she also included all of her recipes. Those are the recipes that a lot of famous Italian bakeries still reference in their baking. They say it's some of the most authentic Italian baking.

As for the blood in the basin, I waited until it had coagulated, dried it in the oven, ground it, and mixed it with flour, sugar, chocolate, milk, and eggs, as well as a bit of margarine, kneading all the ingredients together. I made lots of crunchy tea cakes and served them to the ladies who came to visit, though Giuseppe and I also ate them.

I tried searching for a copy of her memoir but unfortunately, I found out that it wasn't published. Only certain excerpts were released.

Here's my take on how Leonarda would have written the recipe for her tea cakes made with the blood of victims.

Yield: 2 dozen

Prep Time: 30 Min

Cook Time: 10 Min

Method: Bake

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup of human blood
• 3 cups of flour
• 1 3/4 cups of sugar
• 1 tablespoon of cocoa powder
• 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon of salt
• 1/4 cup of milk
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup of margarine or human body fat

Directions:

1. Find a victim. Pretend to offer them something they need, for example, a new job, but make it look like they have to leave town to get it.

2. Ask your victim to stop by your place before leaving town. Make them write letters to all their friends and family to inform them they're leaving town (These letters are for you to post once they're dead to not arouse any suspicion).

3. Mix sleeping pills into wine and offer them a drink. Once they pass out, bonk them on the head till they die.

4. Place buckets all-around before you start to dismember them. Collect as much blood as you can (You need 1/2 cup, but if you get more than that, it can be stored in the fridge)

5. While you wait for the blood to clot, cream the margarine/body fat and sugar in a bowl. Add in one egg at a time while mixing. Then add in the blood and mix well.

6. In a separate bowl, combine flour, baking soda, salt, and cocoa powder.

7. Mix the dry ingredients into the creamed mixture and alternate with milk.

8. Preheat the oven to 325 degrees.

9. On a greased cookie sheet, spoon the mixture about 1/4 inch thick and place them 1 1/2 inches apart.

10. Bake them for 8 to 10 minutes.

11. Allow them to cool down before serving.

12. While your guests are enjoying your tea cakes, use this time to clean up the crime scene and get rid of the body.

13. Do not reveal this recipe unless you want to get caught.
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