Italian Ricotta Lemon Cake With Blueberry Topping
photo by Rita1652
- Ready In:
- 1hr
- Ingredients:
- 12
- Yields:
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1 Cake
- Serves:
- 6-8
ingredients
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Cake
- 2 cups sugar
- 1 cup softened butter
- 1⁄2 cup ricotta cheese
- 1⁄2 cup milk
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons lemon extract
- 1 lemon, zest of
- 4 large eggs
- powdered sugar, for topping
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For the topping
- 3 cups blueberries
- 3⁄4 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
directions
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For the cake:
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
- Butter and flour a 9" cake pan.
- In a bowl, mix together the butter and sugar until fluffy.
- Add the eggs, lemon extract, milk, ricotta, flour and lemon zest, and beat well for 2 minutes on high speed.
- Pour into your prepared pan.
- Bake 45-50 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Allow to cool.
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Topping:
- Combine the blueberries, lemon, sugar and 1/2 cup of water, and cook until thickened. Remove and cool.
- Once the cake has cooled, dust lightly with the powdered sugar.
- Serve a small slice with a spoonful of blueberry topping.
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Reviews
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I adore the cheesecakeyness of this and whats not to love about lemon! I used 1 cup of Splenda for the sugar and that was spot on. I wondered about no baking powder but I'm so glad that I didn't give into my my doubt and just followed the recipe as written. I got a deep, moist, creamy cheesecake like (toward the center)pan of goodness. Skipped the sugar topping because Splenda just doesn't look as nice as sugar, I baked for the min time given but will cut back of that next time as the outside next to the pan was done a bit more than I would have liked. Not the recipes fault, my oven is an over achiever. Made for ZWT7.
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Made for ZWT #7 and the Witchin Kitchen team. I made as directed and only change was to increase the making time to almost an hour. I want to comment also about the servings...this is baked in a large cake pan and I think the servings should be more like 10 - 12. The cake itself was a little dry but great with the sauce. Thanks for posting.
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