When we was on holiday in Italy, we ate very delicious Cassata alla Siciliana cakes. This Ricotta Cake with Chocolate Chips has less marzipan than Italian Cassata but it is the same delicious.
First I bake the Sponge Cake with ground almond then I make the Ricotta Filling.
Sponge Cake with ground almond
This is a special Sponge Cake, but really easy to made and very delicouse.
Servings 8 people
Equipment
- Basics Non-Stick Springform Pan, 26 cm (10-Inch)
Ingredients
- 5 eggs
- 5 tablespoon sugar
- 3 tablespoon plain flour (or cake flour)
- 100 grams ground almond
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
Instructions
- Stir the flour, the baking powder and 4 tablespoons of ground almond.
- Separate the eggs whites and yolks.
- Whisk eggs whites until they become white and frothy. Add the sugar little by little and continue beating until sugar dissolves.
- Add the eggs yolks and continue beating carefully.
- After that, add the dry ingredients (flour, baking powder and ground almond mix) and mix well with spatula.
- Preheat oven to 190 °C/375°F and bake the batten for 25 minutes.
- The cake is ready when a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean.
- Let it cool.
Notes
Serve the Sponge Cake cream or strawberries. Fill it with chocolate ganache.
Cut the cold sponge cake in half, make the ricotta filling. Assemble and fill the cake.
Ricotta Cake with Chocolate Chips
This Ricotta Cake with Chocolate Chips has less marzipan than Italian Cassata but it is the same delicious.
Servings 8 people
Ingredients
Ricotta filling
- 250 grams ricotta
- 250 grams mascarpone
- 150 grams powdered sugar
- orange zest
- 50 grams chocolate chips
- 1 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 50 grams chocolate chips
- 50 grams marzipan
Instructions
Ricotta filling
- In the large bowl mix the ricotta with the mascarpone and the powered sugar.
- Add the zest of orange, vanilla extract and chocolate chips. Mix it well.
- Fill the Sponge Cake with a half of Ricotta Filling.
- Put the other half of Ricotta Filling on top of Sponge Cake.
- Make little balls from the marzipan.
- Sprinkle on the top of cake with chocolate chips. And put on the marzipan balls.