Whilst in Vatican City, the President and First Lady of the USA met Pope Francis, 80.
During the meeting, the Pope made a joke to the First Lady about food, gesturing to Donald, 70, and asking: “What do you feed him, putizza?
Putizza is a Slovenian dessert known as potica in its home country.
The Pope made his joke in Spanish, his native tongue, and initially Melania was confused and thought he said “pizza”.
Realising what he was referring to, Melania then answered: “Putizza, ah yes.”
After the mis-communication made headlines around the world, it emerged the Pope loves the cake and often mentions it when he meets Slovenians.
Following the raised profile of the sweet treat, Slovenia now wants official recognition for the cake, similar to the protection of other foods in Europe.
The country’s ministry of agriculture and the national chamber of small businesses have joined together to push for Brussels to protect “the original recipe” for the sticky cake.
Their aim is to standardise the many different variations of patina, which is originally made with butter, eggs, nuts, chocolate, and “skuta” which is a sweet cheese similar to ricotta.
Raisins and poppy seeds can be included. If the Slovenian government is successful, only bakeries and patisseries which stick to the official recipe will be able to call their product “Slovenska potica”.
Slovenia has seen its profile raised considerably in America thanks to the new First Lady.
Since Donald Trump’s election, the number of American visitors to the country is up more than 15 per cent, the Slovenian tourism industry has reported.
Melania comes from Sevnica, a small town located around 60 miles from the capital, Ljubljana.
Melania left the country in her twenties to pursue an international modelling career.
After working around the world, she settled in New York before marrying Donald.
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