Torta di ricotta

Name: Torta di ricotta
Yield: Serves 8-10
Ingredients: 1½ tsp baking powder; 500 g ricotta; 50 g caster sugar; 2 medium eggs; Good-quality cocoa powder, for dusting; 2 tsp baking powder; Butter, for greasing; 250 g caster sugar; 150 g good-quality dark chocolate, finely grated; 150 g ground almonds; 4 tbsp olive oil; Finely grated zest of 1 orange; 1 tbsp cointreau; ½ tsp ground cinnamon; 100 g plain flour; 4 medium eggs, beaten

Preparation info

Serves
8-10

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Mark Hix on Baking

By Mark Hix

Published 2012

About

This is a nice, simple dessert — delicious served warm or cold and accompanied with a few seasonal fruits or chocolate sauce for that bit of extra indulgence.

Ingredients

Butter, for greasing
150 g ground almonds
150 g good-quality dark chocolate, finely grated

Method

Preheat the oven to 180°C/gas mark 5. Butter a 22 x 6cm deep loose-bottomed cake tin.

Mix the almonds with the chocolate in a bowl and add the eggs and sugar. Beat well, then stir in the ricotta, orange zest, cinnamon, Cointreau and baking powder until well mixed. Put to one si