31/07/2024
This moist ricotta cake is a JOY. The texture is DIVINE with a beautifully delicate crumb. Itās a new staple at our house that I will make again and again.
Because it has a beautifully balanced sweetness and is flavored with vanilla beans and almond, it is the perfect pairing for the Poema Pura Organic Cava.
I partnered with to create this ricotta cake to complement the Pura Cava. Because the bubbly wine is fresh and full on the palate and has flavors of acacia blossoms, citrus, and red apples, the two work so well together. The Poema Pura is a quality (yet affordable) wine |AD| that I personally loved pairing with this light cake.
Ricotta Cake Recipe
3 tbsp softened butter
1/2 cup olive oil
15 ounces whole milk ricotta
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 vanilla bean pod, scraped
3 eggs, room temperature
1/2 teaspoon almond extract (only add this if you truly like almond, can be substituted for pure vanilla extract)
1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
Preheat oven to 350F. Prep a 9x9 pan with parchment paper and grease with butter.
Place the butter, oil, ricotta, and sugar in a large bowl and mix until fully combined and creamy. Add the scraped vanilla beans, almond extract, and one egg. Mix together. Add each of the remaining eggs, one at a time, and mix.
In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, and salt.
Add half of the dry ingredients into the bowl with the liquid ingredients. Mix together briefly. Add the remaining dry ingredients and mix until fully combined but donāt over-mix. Once you can no longer see flour powder or big lumps in the batter, thatās when you know youāre done mixing.
Bake in the preheated oven for about 40 minutes or until a toothpick comes out with a few crumbs on it. The cake will have browned edges and a golden brown color on top.
The texture of this cake is amazing on day 1 but is EVEN BETTER on day 2 after it has been in the refrigerator overnight. Itāll be even more moist. Highly recommend tasting it again on day 2!
Enjoy this beautiful ricotta cake with your lovely Poema Pura Cava!
