Recipe

Ricotta Ring Cake Recipe

	Midgelet / All my dishes 2 weeks, 5 days ago a very special holiday cake, you really need the round cake pan with a ring/tube in it. Prep:20m Cook:45m Servings:12	Midgelet
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Ingredients

2 cups plus 2 Tbs. unbleached all-purpose flour

1 tsp. baking powder

salt

10 oz. unsalted butter, room temperature

1 1/2 cups sugar

4 large eggs, separated

For the filling and decoration:

10 oz. ricotta

7 oz. mascarpone cheese

1/3 cup plus 2 Tbs. sugar

1/2 cup chopped candied fruit

confectioner's sugar

20 toasted hazelnuts .

Directions

Make the cake:

Preheat the oven to 350F. Sift the flour and baking powder with a pinch of salt.

Beat the butter and sugar in a mixer until creamy; add the egg yolks one by one.

Fold in the flour.

Whip the egg whites with a pinch of salt until they hold soft peaks; fold them into the batter.

Butter and flour a 9" cake pan with a hole in the center; pour in the batter.

Bake 45 minutes, or until a cake tester inserted comes out clean.

Cool on a rack.

Make the filling: Combine the ricotta, mascarpone, sugar, and candied fruit.

Slice the cooled cake into three layers and spread with the filling; assemble the layers, dust with the confectioner's sugar, and decorate with the hazelnuts.

Refrigerate, then serve.

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