Description
A light, cheesecake-like dessert is softened with ricotta cheese and sweetened with an apple for a simple autumn dessert.
Ingredients
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- All purpose flour – 1 1/4cup
- Baking powder – 1tbsp
- Salt – a pinch
- Unsalted Butter – 8tbsp or 1stick, softened
- Sugar – 3/4cup (increase to 1cup if you want sweeter cake)
- Eggs – 3, large
- Ricotta cheese – 1cup
- Apple – 1 medium, peeled and grated (about 1cup)
- Vanilla extract – 1tsp (or use zest of 1 lemon)
- Confectioners Sugar – for serving
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375°F. Butter and flour a 9~10″ spring form pan.
- Cream butter and sugar in a stand mixer or using a hand mixer until light and fluffy.
- Add the eggs one at a time and beat until combined.
- Slowly add the flour, salt, baking powder, vanilla extract (or lemon zest), grated apple and ricotta cheese. Beat until well combined.
- Pour into the prepared pan and bake for 35~40 minutes or until the cake is golden brown and the sides start to pull away from the pan.
- Cool in the pan for 10 minutes, then turn it out onto a wire rack rack and cool completely. Sift confectioners sugar over the top just before serving.
- Category: Dessert, Cake