Hey everyone, I hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, walnut and ricotta cake. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Walnut and Ricotta Cake is one of the most popular of current trending foods on earth. It’s appreciated by millions daily. It is simple, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. Walnut and Ricotta Cake is something which I have loved my whole life. They are fine and they look wonderful.

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

Instructions 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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