Cassata may also refer to a Neapolitan ice cream containing candied or dried fruit and nuts.

[8][9] Unlike the round, traditional shape some cassata are made in the form of a rectangle, square, or box.

[citation needed] Cassata catanese, as it is often prepared in the Sicilian province of Catania, is made similar to a pie, containing a top and bottom crust, filled with ricotta cheese, and baked in the oven.

[citation needed] Cassatella di sant'Agata is a similar dessert, but made in a smaller, personal-serving size, with a candied cherry on top, and often a specifically green-colored marzipan.

The allusion to the female breast relates the specific torture Saint Agatha faced as a Catholic martyr.