This is my favorite kind of dessert. Easy, complex, flavorful, easy, fresh, delicious, easy. Do you sense a theme with desserts that I like? I want something easy to make. It may surprise you, but people expect me to bring food to things. There are times when I really have it together and plan out what I am going to make and it is no big deal. And there are times when I realize 2 hours before I need to be somewhere that I need to bring something. Crap. When I made this Orange Ricotta Pound Cake, it was a “oh crap, I need to bring something” kind of day. I looked in my fridge, and saw that I had some ricotta that needed to be used, so I googled ricotta cake and this is what I made.
It is all that a cake should be. It is moist and flavorful, and really fresh tasting. I loved it. I had some berries leftover and I whipped some cream and it made this simple cake really elegant.
This recipe comes from the Food Network, it is a Giada recipe. I normally do not read the reviews but I did and I am grateful that I did. I was warned that this cake has a tendency to spill over in the oven. So I made a regular size loaf pan and a mini cake. The baker should get a treat right?
1 1/2 cups cake flour
2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 sticks room temperature butter
1 1/2 cups whole milk ricotta cheese
1 1/2 cups plus 1 Tablespoon sugar
3 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
zest of 1 orange
2 Tablespoons Amaretto
powdered sugar
fresh berries
Cream together the butter and ricotta cheese. Add the sugar and beat until light and fluffy.
Add the eggs one at at time scraping the bowl after each one is added.
Add the orange zest, vanilla, and Amaretto.
Mix the cake flour, baking powder and salt until just combined.
Pour the batter into a parchment lined loaf pan that has been coated with cooking spray. Bake in a preheated 350 degree oven for 45 to 50 minutes.
Let cool in the pan for 10 minutes. Then transfer to a cooling rack and cool completely. Dust with powdered sugar.
Slice and serve with whipped cream and fresh berries.
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups cake flour
- 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/2 sticks room temperature butter
- 1 1/2 cups whole milk ricotta cheese
- 1 1/2 cups plus 1 Tablespoon sugar
- 3 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- zest of 1 orange
- 2 Tablespoons Amaretto
- powdered sugar
- whipped cream
- fresh berries
Instructions
- Cream together the butter and ricotta cheese. Add the sugar and beat until light and fluffy.
- Add the eggs one at at time scraping the bowl after each one is added.
- Add the orange zest, vanilla, and Amaretto.
- Mix the cake flour, baking powder and salt until just combined.
- Pour the batter into a parchment lined loaf pan that has been coated with cooking spray. Bake in a preheated 350 degree oven for 45 to 50 minutes.
- Let cool in the pan for 10 minutes. Then transfer to a cooling rack and cool completely. Dust with powdered sugar.
- Slice and serve with whipped cream and fresh berries.
That looks delicious as always!
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That looks so good. I’m sure my Italian ancestors would be horrified but I have yet to make a ricotta cheese cake. I am going to have to remedy that.
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Simply delicious looking! A perfect texture with a light dusting of sugar. Yum!
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That looks almost too pretty to eat….. almost!
I wish I could be your taste-tester!
come on over!
It looks so refreshing!
It is refreshing.
So can’t wait to make this one!! It’s the perfect Sunday afternoon dessert. Thanks for sharing-
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This looks simply divine!
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it was divine.
yum! This is my kind of dessert! Okay…sometimes I like decadent chocolate desserts like brownies, but my true love is simple desserts like this. Ricotta is a nice touch!
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It looks heavenly! Thanks for sharing, the step-by-step photos will be helpful!
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That’s gorgeous and looks delish!!!! will surely try it out!
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I hope you like it Susan!
Delicious…. plus very colorful as well.
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I’ve been in a food rut for weeks but seeing this pound cake has inspired me. A few scrolls and this is my new favourite food blog. I can’t wait to make this for my friends after writing term papers. Thank you SO much!
thanks so much Kei!