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📋Healthy Ricotta Cake No Butter
This is an old Italian ricotta cake no butter recipe from the wartime when butter was scarce. It is not a creamy cake similar to the American cheesecake.
Course Dessert
Cuisine Italian
Diet Low Calorie, Low Fat
Keyword no butter cake, ricotta cake, tea cake ricotta
Prep Time 10 minutes minutes
Cook Time 40 minutes minutes
Total Time 50 minutes minutes
Servings 8 people
Calories 379 kcal
Either one of those ingredients for flavouring
First mix the ricotta with the sugar
1 ¼ cup ricotta, 1 ½ cup caster sugar
until it becomes fluffy
Add one egg at the time until combined
3 fresh eggs
Combine the flour with the baking powder, and add to the mix
2 ½ cup flour, 1 teaspoon baking powder
Add the flavour of your choice ( either lemon or orange zest or orange blossom water)
1 teaspoon orange blossom water, 1 teaspoon lemon zest, 1 teaspoon orange zest, 1 teaspoon vanilla
Cover a baking tin (25 cm 10 " diameter) with parchment paper, grease, and cover with flour. You can also use a loaf bread baking pan . Pour the batter in the tin and spread evenly
Bake the cake in a hot oven at 355 F - 180C for 40 minutes
Let it cook down for 10 minutes before removing it from the pan to serve it
Use cow ricotta as the flavor is milder
Wipp the ricotta with the sugar to make it fluffy
You can add any other flavors you like, be creative
To store cover with cling foil, no need to put it in the fridge
Calories: 379 kcal | Carbohydrates: 68 g | Protein: 10 g | Fat: 6 g | Saturated Fat: 3 g | Cholesterol: 80 mg | Sodium: 57 mg | Potassium: 117 mg | Fiber: 1 g | Sugar: 37 g | Vitamin A: 260 IU | Vitamin C: 0.7 mg | Calcium: 100 mg | Iron: 2.3 mg