March 8th is the international women’s day In Italy, this day is symbolized by a specific flower. Namely, the yellow mimosa, which belongs to the acacia family.     The yellow, yet rather delicate flowers bloom just at the right time around March 8th. The plant itself is not particularly delicate. The mimosa still grows well even in difficult conditions.   In Italy, since 1946, it has been a tradition to give women a bouquet of mimosa on march 8th.   For this day there is also a typical dessert called mimosa cake It consists of a plain sponge cake base with a vanilla cream and a sponge cake decoration…