Orange Ricotta Cake/ Kolač s narančom i ricottom

Anything with ricotta is fine with me. More than fine :) I love ricotta flavour in desserts, especially in cakes, and one of my favorites is lemon ricotta cake.  Readers who are following me for a while now know that I am in love with lemons, especially in cakes!  I have adapted one of my dearest recipes for lemon ricotta cake (will post it soon) , made a few changes and the result was this orange ricotta cake. Ricotta cheese adds flavour and richness to this simple and very moist cake, and if you use homemade ricotta, it will taste even better! Have you ever made ricotta at home? It is so easy to make, inexpensive, and once you make it, you will be in love with the taste of it! If you are interested in a tutorial how to make homemade ricotta cheese, let me know!

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Orange Ricotta Cake

(for round baking pan 24-26 cm)

Ingredients

 

3-4 oranges, sliced (organic)

250 g cake flour (or all-purpose flour)

100 g butter (room temperature)

170 g sugar

250 g ricotta cheese

3 eggs

grated lemon zest & juice of 1/2 lemon

1 teaspoon grated orange zest

juice of 1 orange

1 1/2  teaspoons of baking powder

pinch of salt

 

 

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 180°C / 350 F. 

2. Use parchment paper for the baking pan. 

3. Slice the whole oranges thinly, then place them at the bottom of the baking pan, and baking sides.

3. In a bowle beat the butter, sugar and ricotta cheese until creamy, set aside.

Separate eggs (yolks from the white), stir the yolks into the dough.

4. In another bowl beat the whites until stiff. 

5. Add to the dough sifted flour, baking powder, salt, lemon & orange juice and zest, combine well. 

6. Stir in stiffed egg whites (with a wooden spatula), until it is just combined. 

7. Pour the batter into the prepared baking pan. 

8. Bake at 180°C / 350 F for 40- 45 minutes or until a skewer inserted comes out clean. 

Serve warm or cold.

Ako me redovno pratite, sigurno znate da sam veliki limunoljubac, volim limun ponajviše u kolačima, stalno isprobavam nove recepte, ali ne stižem da ih objavim. Danas ću podijeliti s vama adaptiranu verziju meni najdražeg kolača od ricotte i limuna (recept ću objaviti drugom prilikom), ovog puta s narančama (a ima i malo limuna :)) Imala sam lijepe, nešpricane naranče iz organskog uzgoja, pa sam malo eksperimentirala, i dobila sam jako ukusan, sočan, fin kolač. Uz to sam imala i dovoljno domaće ricotte, koju je vrlo lako napraviti, podijeliću uskoro receptić s vama!

Kolač s narančom i ricotta sirom

(za kalup 24-26 cm promjera)

Sastojci

3-4 naranče (iz organskog uzgoja) , isječene na tanke kriške

100 g maslaca (sobne temperature)

250 g brašna (glatko)

3 jaja

250 g ricotta sira 

170 g šećera

1,5 žličice praška za pecivo

sok + korice 1/2 limuna 

prstohvat soli

sok 1 naranče

korice 1/2 naranče

 

Priprema  

1. Peć zagrijati na 180° C.

2. Kalup obložiti papirom za pečenje.

3. U posudi umutiti maslac, šećer i ricottu, dok ne dobijete kremastu smjesu. U ovu smjesu dodati 3 žumanjka, a bjelanjke u zasebnoj posudi izmutiti u čvsti snijeg. 

4. U smjesu s žumanjcima postepeno dodati prosijano brašno s praškom za pecivo, dodati so, limunov i narančin sok te izribane korice limuna i naranči, i umutiti. 

5.Spatulom lagano umiješati snijeg od bjelanjaka u tijesto, taman toliko da se svi sastojci sjedine.

6. U kalupu ravnomjerno rasporediti tanko najsečene kriške od naranči, po dnu i sa strane. 

7. Smjesu izliti u kalup.

8. U prethodno zagrijanoj pećnici peći  na 180°¨C 40-45 minuta. Test s čačkalicom.

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