This cake recipe was published in a recent issue of Bon Appetit magazine, and I wanted to make it right away. I subscribe to several cooking magazines but they tend to accumulate by my bedside table, untouched. Then, a trip comes up and they go with me in the plane. I read and rip the pages that interest me, tossing the magazine before coming back home. I know that for some this might be a huge no-no, but ever since we moved from OK to KS and I donated my collection of Fine Cooking magazines, I stopped saving them. The cut out recipes are glued in a notebook, a system that works great for me. Anyway, as I was reading that issue on a flight to Hawaii (yeah, you got that right…. we’ve been to paradise last month), this recipe screamed at me: MAKE ME! MAKE ME! MAKE ME! Glad I finally did, it’s a great cake, moist, tender, and not overly sweet, thanks to the natural tartness of raspberries.
RASPBERRY RICOTTA CAKE
(from Bon Appetit, March 2015)
Non-stick vegetable oil spray
1½ cups all-purpose flour
1 cup sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
¾ teaspoon salt
3 large eggs, at room temperature
1½ cups ricotta
½ teaspoon vanilla extract
½ cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, melted
1 cup frozen raspberries, divided
Heat oven to 350°. Line a 9”-diameter cake pan with parchment paper and lightly coat with nonstick spray. Whisk flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt in a large bowl.
Whisk eggs, ricotta, and vanilla in a medium bowl until smooth; fold into dry ingredients just until blended. Then fold in butter, followed by ¾ cup raspberries, taking care not to crush berries. Scrape batter into prepared pan and scatter remaining ¼ cup raspberries all over the surface of the batter.
Bake cake until golden brown and a tester inserted into the center comes out clean, 50–60 minutes. Let cool at least 20 minutes before removing from the pan.
ENJOY!
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Comments: This cake was so easy to make that I got into hyperventilation from excessive confidence. Basically, there is no way out for me, cakes make me suffer, even when nothing goes wrong. I thought that the raspberries sitting on top of the batter looked awfully cute, but after a few minutes in the oven, I pushed some of them a little into the batter, just in case. I bet it made no difference whatsoever, the cake experts might be shaking their heads at my naiveté. Oh, well.
As you know, food blogging is a very social activity. We leave comments, we follow food bloggers we enjoy, sometimes for their cooking alone, sometimes for the “whole package”. I love bloggers who are witty (hard to beat Maureen on that category) make me laugh, make me think, teach me something. I normally stay clear from sites that push endless surveys or advertisements. But, anyway, some bloggers seem to always cook stuff I want to make. One such example is Steve, from Oui, Chef. He subscribes to the same magazines I do, so quite often I bookmark a recipe and, being the slow self I am, next thing I know, the recipe is on his site! This is exactly what happened with this cake. Take a look at Steve’s post by clicking here. Obviously, great minds read alike, bookmark alike, and bake alike.
This cake was absolutely delicious! I added a sprinkle of powdered sugar on top because I felt the raspberries would be happy. And everyone who tried this cake in our department seemed to be happy too. Such a great simple treat to celebrate spring… Make it, and tell me what you think.
How about a slice?
😉
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May have giggled a little too much at “I got into hyperventilation from excessive confidence”. The cake is beautiful though, so I think you’ve beaten your cake demons. Agree with you on the social aspect of food blogging. I have so much fun going through everyone else’s food adventures, it’s very inspirational too 🙂
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Please don’t ever say that I’ve beaten my cake demons…. you don’t want to jinx me! do you? Do you really? 😉
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Haha, I see nothing but great cakes in your future. No jinxing here 😉
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Ohhh, this looks so delicious!!
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It was very tasty, trust me on that one…
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Oh how lovely is this!! I’m so into anything with berries right now…might have to make it for Greek Easter this weekend!
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I hope you try it if not this weekend sometime soon… I think you and TheBoy will love it
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Just my kind of cake, thanks for sharing!
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It’s my kind of cake too, actually. Simple, no icing, kind of austere – I love it!
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I keep seeing cakes with ricotta in and it sounds so interesting, your cake looks lovely 🙂
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Yes, ricotta is quite an intriguing ingredient for a cake – Giada has cookies using ricotta, but I saw some mixed reviews and never tried them.
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Lea from Good Food Everyday has used ricotta in cakes quite a few times and it always sounds so good 🙂
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The ricotta would definitely add moisture to your cake and I like that you could use raspberries, blueberries, cherries etc. I have ricotta in my freezer but I’m not sure I have 1 1/2 cups … maybe I could replace the rest with yogurt.
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I bet the yogurt would work well as part of the ricotta… if you try it, let me know, I always have a ton of yogurt around, but ricotta not so often
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This looks so delicious! The ricotta and raspberry sounds like it makes for an irresistible combo. The raspberries are so pretty too!
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Raspberries are beautiful, and have that tartness that adds a lot to a dessert, in my opinion… too bad they are usually the most expensive berries (sigh)
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I do like your magazine system because I am drowning but can’t let go. I do rip pages out once in a while but never seem to organize them. I remember this recipe as I was flying as well. So glad you made it and relate the beauty!!
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I simply CANNOT keep saving magazines any longer- my niece in Brazil has a folder system, which is also nice because you can file them according to category. I did not do that. so I just browse through the notebook searching for stuff. It’s not that bad, actually
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Reblogged this on Cappuccino.
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Thank you!
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Love this cake! and it looks so familiar to me, I’m wondering if I may have come across it too and made it at some point… something about the sinking berries. So easy – who doesn’t appreciate that; perfect tea cake. YUM. I think I may have to play with it ;-). Thanks Sally.
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I know you can take this recipe and turn it into something extraordinary! I will be all ears… and eyes… 😉
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I love this cake as much as Kelly does. I can see us sitting on the floor playing with the dogs before having coffee and a piece of this cake. (I’d wash my hands, I promise)
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As my mom would say, vitamin D is good for you (D for dirt). But the saying is funnier in Portuguese, since it becomes vitamin S (sujeira) 😉
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this cake is gorgeous!!! and it does look moist. pure fabulousness!!!
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It was very moist, I think it’s the ricotta speaking…
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Great minds indeed…..don’t you love this cake, Sally? So glad you gave it a shot, I knew you’d love it! Cheers – S
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Great to see you here… hope it’s all going well in your new professional phase!
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Hi Sally! Sitting at a rehearsal so thought I’d pop in. So glad I did!! An easy cake! And ingredients my kids (and I) will love. You can never go wrong with raspberries here. 🙂 I hope all is well in KS. You have one lucky department…such great treats all the time!
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Easy cake is always a favorite with me…. no sense pushing my luck, right? 😉
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This post is from 6 years ago so you might never see my comment, but I wanted to say THANKS for posting this. I’ve been glaring at a package of frozen raspberries in my freezer for a year now, wondering what the heck I can make with frozen raspberries. Now I know.
Also, I totally get the cake hyperventilating. I can’t even make a decent cake from a cake mix. They turn out dry and crumbly or tough or something. I don’t know where I’m going wrong so don’t even dare to make one from scratch. Except for this raspberry one that I’m determined to try.
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It is a great cake and I will virtually hold your hand as you bake it….,
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I have all the ingredients in house now so hope to make it soon!!!! I’ll report back when I do. I tend to procrastinate so don’t sit by your phone waiting 🤣
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your procrastination is totally fine with me!!!! no worries, when you get to it, you do it… 😉
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Made it and it is delicious! Thanks for sharing the recipe!
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YESSSSSSS!!!!!!! Doing the happy dance here!
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