Ricotta and Chocolate Cake

Submitted by Mysterygirl

"I'm posting this in response to a request on the boards. This is a different type of Italian dessert with a rich filling. I found it on a site called cooking with Patty."

 

• Ready In: 1hr 20mins
• Ingredients: 10
• Serves: 12

ingredients

• CRUST

• 2 1⁄3 cups flour
• 3⁄4 cup sugar
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 egg
• 1 tablespoon milk
• 1 tablespoon grappa (optional)
• 1 cup cold butter, thinly sliced

• FILLING

• 14 ounces fresh ricotta
• 3⁄4 cup sugar
• 1 cup un-sweetened chocolate chips

directions

1. Preheat oven to 320°.
2. Grease and flour a 9" springform pan.
3. For the crust, in a large bowl mix the flour, sugar, baking powder, egg, milk and grappa, if used.
4. Add the slices of cold butter to the mixture working it in gently, but not so much that everything blends together.
5. Take half the crust mixture and press it gently into the bottom of the pan.
6. In a medium size bowl, mix the ricotta and sugar well.
7. Add the chocolate chips mix again.
8. Spread the filling evenly over the top of the crust.
9. Crumble the remaining crust mix over the top of the filling.
10. During the baking process the butter melts to form a nice crust.
11. Bake 50 to 60 minutes.

Reviews

[Kittencalrecipezazz]

simply heavenly! I did add in 2 egg yolks into the ricotta mixture to give it more body, thanks for sharing MG!...Kitten:)

 

[j.sugiarto]

the taste is very great! the only problem is i don't have enough crust to divide into two parts, but it was my mistake because i halved the recipe :) so it's just a crust on the bottom and ricotta filling on the above. anyone who wants to make this cake, i recommend you not halve the recipe. first, you won't have enough crust; second, this cake is too delicious that you won't regret having more :D thanks for sharing, Mysterygirl!

 

[Boomette]

The taste is good. I don't know why but the cake is dry. And it was 60 minutes in the oven. I used Cachaca instead of grappa cause I didn't have. I used 1/2 cup of sugar in the filling cause I had sweetened chocolate chips.

 

[Redsie]

Mysterygirl, thank you, thank you, thank you for a delicious cake! Baked this for my brother's birthday and my whole family devoured it and asked me for your recipe!! I replaced the grappa by rhum and, as I only had sweetened chocolate chips, I used a little less than 1/2 cup sugar and it was perfect!!! I also used less fat ricotta.

 

[Mahaok]

This was delicious & left many taste buds very happy:) The prepartion was pretty straightforward. I omitted the grappa & the result was still a very yummy cake. I would especially recommend baking this when one has guests & u wish to make a good expression;)