Cherry & Ricotta Cake by @ravneeteats

1h30

1 serving

🧈

140 g

Unsalted butter

🍚

220 g

Caster sugar

🍋

Lemon zest/orange zest

🥚

3

Eggs

🧂

Salt

🌾

170 g

Plain flour

🫙

2.5 tsp

Baking powder

🧀

250 g

Ricotta

🥃

10 ml

Amaretto/ rum or splash of almond extract

🍒

300 g

Pitted cherries

🍚

Demerara sugar

  1. Preheat

    Preheat the oven to 160 fan/180 oven

  2. Grease

    Grease and line a cake tin

  3. Beat
    • unsalted butter
    • caster sugar
    • salt

    Beat the butter, sugar, orange zest and salt together until pale and fluffy

  4. Add
    • eggs

    Add in the eggs, mixing well in between each addition

  5. Stir
    • plain flour

    In another bowl stir together the plain flour and baking powder

  6. Add
    • plain flour
    • caster sugar
    • salt

    Add the flour mixture into the cake batter, mix well

  7. Fold
    • ricotta

    Fold in the ricotta, pour into cake tin

  8. Mix
    • caster sugar
    • plain flour
    • pitted cherries

    Mix cherries with flour, sprinkle on top of cake with demerrera sugar before baking

  9. Bake

    Bake for 1 hour - 1 hour 15 minutes, or until when a skewer is inserted into the very middle of the cake, it comes out clean

  10. Cool

    Cool, icing sugar, slice & eat

Cherry & Ricotta Cake by @ravneeteats

1h30

1 serving

🧈

140 g

Unsalted butter

🍚

220 g

Caster sugar

🍋

Lemon zest/orange zest

🥚

3

Eggs

🧂

Salt

🌾

170 g

Plain flour

🫙

2.5 tsp

Baking powder

🧀

250 g

Ricotta

🥃

10 ml

Amaretto/ rum or splash of almond extract

🍒

300 g

Pitted cherries

🍚

Demerara sugar

Preparation Steps

  1. Step 1/10

    Preheat the oven to 160 fan/180 oven

  2. Step 2/10

    Grease and line a cake tin

  3. Step 3/10

    Beat the butter, sugar, orange zest and salt together until pale and fluffy

  4. Step 4/10

    Add in the eggs, mixing well in between each addition

  5. Step 5/10

    In another bowl stir together the plain flour and baking powder

  6. Step 6/10

    Add the flour mixture into the cake batter, mix well

  7. Step 7/10

    Fold in the ricotta, pour into cake tin

  8. Step 8/10

    Mix cherries with flour, sprinkle on top of cake with demerrera sugar before baking

  9. Step 9/10

    Bake for 1 hour - 1 hour 15 minutes, or until when a skewer is inserted into the very middle of the cake, it comes out clean

  10. Step 10/10

    Cool, icing sugar, slice & eat

Composition

Ingredients

Types

Dairy, Sweeteners, Fruit, Spices, Grains, Baking, Alcohol

Ingredients

unsalted butter, caster sugar, lemon zest/orange zest, eggs, salt, plain flour, baking powder, ricotta, amaretto/ rum or splash of almond extract, pitted cherries, Demerara sugar

Allergens

Dairy, Eggs, Gluten

Dietetics

Dietary regimen

Vegetarian

Calories

to inform

Macro nutrients

to inform

Nutritional Information

Minerals

to inform

Vitamins

to inform

Preparation

Time Information

Preparation

20 minutes

Cooking

1 hour 10 minutes

Overall

1 hour 30 minutes

Difficulty

Level

Medium (2/4)

Steps

10 steps

Equipments

Utensils

cake tin, mixing bowl, skewer

Appliances

oven

Type

Type

Type Of Dish

Dessert

Occasions

Snack, Dessert

Origin

Source

Platform

instagram

Original Creator

@ravneeteats

Origin

Cuisine

European

Geographic

to inform

Various

Aspect

Texture

Soft, Crunchy

Flavors

Sweet, Sour

Other

Price

Medium

Recommended Preservation

fridge

Preservation Infos

room temperature : 1-2 days (Covered), fridge : 3-5 days (Covered), freezer : 1-2 months (In airtight container)