Ricotta Cheese Cake
- Ready In:
- 55mins
- Ingredients:
- 12
- Yields:
-
1 cake
ingredients
- 3 tablespoons cream of wheat
- 1 1⁄4 cups boiling water
- 1 lb ricotta cheese
- 1⁄4 cup sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 egg yolk
- 3 tablespoons candied orange peel
- 3 tablespoons white raisins
- 3 ounces rum
- 1 egg white, stiffly beaten
- 1 cup graham cracker crumbs
- 2 tablespoons brown sugar
directions
- Cook cream of wheat in boiling water, stirring constantly until mixture begins to thicken. Cook 3 minutes. Remove from heat. Cool.
- Mix Ricotta cheese, sugar, egg, egg yolk, candied orange peel, raisins and rum. Beat 4 minutes.
- Fold in stiffly beaten egg white then add cooled cream of wheat.
- Mix graham cracker crumbs and brown sugar. Butter 1 1/2 quart mold or dish, sprinkle with crumbs. Gently pour ricotta mixture into prepared mold.
- Bake 375 for 45 minutes or until set. Remove from oven and allow to stand 10 minutes. Turn onto serving plate.
- Refrigerate. Sprinkle with powdered sugar just before serving.
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