Hello everybody, I hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, walnut and ricotta cake. It is one of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Walnut and Ricotta Cake is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods on earth. It’s simple, it is quick, it tastes yummy. It is appreciated by millions daily. Walnut and Ricotta Cake is something that I have loved my entire life. They’re nice and they look fantastic.

To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have walnut and ricotta cake using 12 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Walnut and Ricotta Cake:

1. Make ready 2/3 cup sugar + 1/4 cup sugar
2. Prepare 1 cup Walnut pieces (finely chopped)
3. Take 2/3 cup salted butter
4. Get 5 eggs separated
5. Make ready finely grated peel from 1 orange
6. Prepare 2/3 cup ricotta cheese
7. Get 6 tablespoons flour
8. Get 1 teaspoon vanilla
9. Get dash nutmeg optional
10. Make ready 4 tablespoons apricot jam (for glaze)
11. Make ready 2 tablespoons brandy (for glaze)
12. Get semi-sweet chocolate for grating garnish

Steps to make Walnut and Ricotta Cake:

1. Preheat oven 375 degrees.
2. Grease and line bottom of 9" springform pan.
3. Roast walnuts over medium heat for only a few minutes.
4. Cream butter, flour, ricotta, egg yolks, grated orange peel, and 2/3 cup of sugar until light and fluffy.
5. Whip egg whites in separate bowl until stiff. Incorporate 1/4 cup sugar and vanilla into egg whites. (add optional dash of nutmeg)
6. Fold whites and nuts into the batter 1/2 at a time.
7. Place batter in pan, bake for 30 minutes or until firm. Let cool in pan.
8. Transfer cake to a plate.
9. Heat apricot and 1 tablespoon of water in a small saucepan.
10. Press apricot mix through a sieve and stir in brandy. Drizzle over cake. Top with chocolate shavings.

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