Recipe of Favorite Walnut and Ricotta Cake

Hello everybody, it is John, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, walnut and ricotta cake. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Walnut and Ricotta Cake is one of the most popular of current trending meals in the world. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. It is enjoyed by millions every day. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Walnut and Ricotta Cake is something which I’ve loved my entire life.

To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook walnut and ricotta cake using 12 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Walnut and Ricotta Cake:

1. Make ready 2/3 cup sugar + 1/4 cup sugar
2. Prepare 1 cup Walnut pieces (finely chopped)
3. Prepare 2/3 cup salted butter
4. Make ready 5 eggs separated
5. Make ready finely grated peel from 1 orange
6. Take 2/3 cup ricotta cheese
7. Get 6 tablespoons flour
8. Get 1 teaspoon vanilla
9. Make ready dash nutmeg optional
10. Get 4 tablespoons apricot jam (for glaze)
11. Get 2 tablespoons brandy (for glaze)
12. Make ready semi-sweet chocolate for grating garnish

Steps to make Walnut and Ricotta Cake:

1. Preheat oven 375 degrees.
2. Grease and line bottom of 9" springform pan.
3. Roast walnuts over medium heat for only a few minutes.
4. Cream butter, flour, ricotta, egg yolks, grated orange peel, and 2/3 cup of sugar until light and fluffy.
5. Whip egg whites in separate bowl until stiff. Incorporate 1/4 cup sugar and vanilla into egg whites. (add optional dash of nutmeg)
6. Fold whites and nuts into the batter 1/2 at a time.
7. Place batter in pan, bake for 30 minutes or until firm. Let cool in pan.
8. Transfer cake to a plate.
9. Heat apricot and 1 tablespoon of water in a small saucepan.
10. Press apricot mix through a sieve and stir in brandy. Drizzle over cake. Top with chocolate shavings.

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