Hey everyone, it’s Louise, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, walnut and ricotta cake. It is one of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Chopped walnuts add a delightful texture and flavor element to this cake made with ricotta cheese. Add the egg yolks, vanilla, ricotta cheese and flout and mix together. Coat the cake with the cheese mixture and decorate as you wish.
Walnut and Ricotta Cake is one of the most well liked of current trending meals on earth. It’s appreciated by millions daily. It’s easy, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. They’re fine and they look wonderful. Walnut and Ricotta Cake is something that I’ve loved my whole life.
To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook walnut and ricotta cake using 12 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Walnut and Ricotta Cake:
- Take 2/3 cup sugar + 1/4 cup sugar
- Make ready 1 cup Walnut pieces (finely chopped)
- Prepare 2/3 cup salted butter
- Get 5 eggs separated
- Make ready finely grated peel from 1 orange
- Make ready 2/3 cup ricotta cheese
- Take 6 tablespoons flour
- Prepare 1 teaspoon vanilla
- Take dash nutmeg optional
- Make ready 4 tablespoons apricot jam (for glaze)
- Take 2 tablespoons brandy (for glaze)
- Get semi-sweet chocolate for grating garnish
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Steps to make Walnut and Ricotta Cake:
- Preheat oven 375 degrees.
- Grease and line bottom of 9" springform pan.
- Roast walnuts over medium heat for only a few minutes.
- Cream butter, flour, ricotta, egg yolks, grated orange peel, and 2/3 cup of sugar until light and fluffy.
- Whip egg whites in separate bowl until stiff. Incorporate 1/4 cup sugar and vanilla into egg whites. (add optional dash of nutmeg)
- Fold whites and nuts into the batter 1/2 at a time.
- Place batter in pan, bake for 30 minutes or until firm. Let cool in pan.
- Transfer cake to a plate.
- Heat apricot and 1 tablespoon of water in a small saucepan.
- Press apricot mix through a sieve and stir in brandy. Drizzle over cake. Top with chocolate shavings.
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