Ricotta Orange Pound Cake with Strawberries

Name: Ricotta Orange Pound Cake with Strawberries
Prep time: 55 min
Cook time: 55 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 2 Tbsps Amaretto; 3 teaspoons baking powder; 177 milliliters (1 1/2 sticks) butter, room temperature, plus more to grease the baking pan; 355 milliliters cake flour; 3 larges eggs; 1 teaspoon kosher salt; 1 orange, zested; 355 milliliters whole milk ricotta cheese; 1 pint strawberries, hulled and quartered or 3 oranges, cut into supremes; 355 milliliters sugar, plus 1 tablespoon; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Ricottan Orange Pound Cake with Strawberries requires about 55 minutes from start to finish. One serving contains 477 calories, 9g of protein, and 19g of fat. This recipe covers 9% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 8. Head to the store and pick up kosher salt, strawberries, butter, and a few other things to make it today.

Instructions

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Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a 9 by 5 by 3-inch loaf pan with butter. In a medium bowl combine the flour, baking powder, and salt. Stir to combine.

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Baking Powder

Butter

All Purpose Flour

Salt

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Loaf Pan

Bowl

Oven

Using an electric mixer, cream together the butter, ricotta, and sugar until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. With the machine running, add the eggs 1 at a time.

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Ricotta Cheese

Butter

Cream

Sugar

Egg

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Hand Mixer

Add the vanilla, orange zest, and Amaretto until combined.

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Orange Zest

Amaretto Liqueur

Vanilla

Add the dry ingredients, a small amount at a time, until just incorporated.

Pour the mixture into the prepared pan and bake until a toothpick comes out clean and the cake is beginning to pull away from the sides of the pan, about 45 to 50 minutes.

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Toothpicks

Oven

Frying Pan

Let the cake cool in the pan for 10 minutes then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely. Using a mesh sieve, dust the cooled cake with powdered sugar.

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Powdered Sugar