Walnut and Ricotta Cake


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Ingredients

1 cup toasted walnuts
2/3 cup soft butter
2/3 cup sugar
5 eggs
2/3 cup ricotta
cup flour
vanilla extract or your choice

Preparation

1
Cream together the butter and 1/2 cup sugar until light and fluffy.
2
Add the egg yolks, vanilla, ricotta cheese and flout and mix together.
3
Add the walnuts and mix.
4
Whisk the egg whites in a large bowl until sniff. Gradually whisk in the remaining sugar.
5
Carefully fold the whites into the ricotta mixture.
6
Preheat the oven at 375 F. Grease a 9 inch round cake pan. Turn the mixture into prepared pan and lever the surface.
7
Bake for 30 minutes until risen and firm. Leave the cake to cool in the pan.
8
For garnish I mixed 1 8 oz container mascarpone cheese and 2/3 cup ricotta.
9
Coat the cake with the cheese mixture and decorate as you wish.

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Soft, tangy ricotta cheese is widely used in Italian sweets. The cake sinks lightly after baking, don’t worry, this gives it an authentic appearance.

Tags:

Cheese
cakes
cheesecake
eggs
Mediterranean
Nuts
desserts
ricotta
mascarpone

Yield:

12

Added:

September 27, 2010

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