Walnut and Ricotta Cake
Walnut and Ricotta Cake

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To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have 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. 2/3 cup sugar + 1/4 cup sugar
  2. 1 cup Walnut pieces (finely chopped)
  3. 2/3 cup salted butter
  4. 5 eggs separated
  5. finely grated peel from 1 orange
  6. 2/3 cup ricotta cheese
  7. 6 tablespoons flour
  8. 1 teaspoon vanilla
  9. dash nutmeg optional
  10. 4 tablespoons apricot jam (for glaze)
  11. 2 tablespoons brandy (for glaze)
  12. semi-sweet chocolate for grating garnish
Instructions 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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