Step-by-Step Guide to Prepare Any-night-of-the-week Walnut and Ricotta Cake

Hello everybody, hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, walnut and ricotta cake. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Walnut and Ricotta Cake is one of the most well liked of current trending meals in the world. It’s easy, it is quick, it tastes yummy. It is enjoyed by millions daily. They are fine and they look wonderful. Walnut and Ricotta Cake is something that I have loved my entire life.

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

The ingredients needed to make Walnut and Ricotta Cake:

1. Get 2/3 cup sugar + 1/4 cup sugar
2. Take 1 cup Walnut pieces (finely chopped)
3. Make ready 2/3 cup salted butter
4. Prepare 5 eggs separated
5. Prepare finely grated peel from 1 orange
6. Get 2/3 cup ricotta cheese
7. Get 6 tablespoons flour
8. Prepare 1 teaspoon vanilla
9. Make ready dash nutmeg optional
10. Prepare 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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