Ingredients
- 1 cup toasted walnuts
- 2/3 cup soft butter
- 2/3 cup sugar
- 5 eggs
- 2/3 cup ricotta
- 1/3 cup flour
- vanilla extract or your choice
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Walnut and Ricotta Cake
Time: 30 minutes prep, 30 minutes cook
Servings: 12
Directions
- Cream together the butter and 1/2 cup sugar until light and fluffy.
- Add the egg yolks, vanilla, ricotta cheese and flout and mix together.
- Add the walnuts and mix.
- Whisk the egg whites in a large bowl until sniff. Gradually whisk in the remaining sugar.
- Carefully fold the egg whites into the ricotta mixture.
- Preheat the oven at 375 F. Grease a 9 inch round cake pan. Turn the mixture into prepared pan and lever the surface.
- Bake for 30 minutes until risen and firm. Leave the cake to cool in the pan. For garnish I mixed 1 8 oz container mascarpone cheese and 2/3 cup ricotta.
- Coat the cake with the cheese mixture and decorate as you wish
- a slice
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Summary
Soft, tangy ricotta cheese is widely used in Italian sweets. The cake sinks lightly after baking, this gives it an authentic appearance.