Sicilian Cake

Name: Sicilian Cake (Cassata Siciliana)
Yield: Serves 12 to 14
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: ½ cup sugar; ½ of a whole candied citron; ½ cup sliced blanched almonds; 2 cups confectioners’ sugar; ¼ cup candied cherries; 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon; 2 tablespoons fresh ricotta; 2 cups fresh ricotta; 4 ounces chopped milk or semi-sweet chocolate or small chocolate morsels; 1½ cups marsala wine; 1 recipe Sponge Cake; ½ cup candied fruits, chopped

Cassata Siciliana

Preparation info

Serves
12 to 14

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Sicilian Feasts

By Giovanna Bellia La Marca

Published 2023

About

Ingredients

Filling

2 cups fresh ricotta
½ cup sugar
½ cup

Europe
Italy
Cake
Dessert
New Year
Mediterranean
Vegetarian
Sicily
January

Method

For the filling

Beat the ricotta and the sugar with an electric mixer until smooth. Divide in half, and add the fruit to one portion and the chocolate and cinnamon to the other. Set aside.

For the icing

Beat the ricotta and the sugar until smooth and of spreading consistency. Set aside.