Ricotta Cheese Filled Cake Recipes

RICOTTA CHEESE FILLED CAKE

Steps:

• Mix cake according to directions on box.
• Grease and flour 13x9 inch pan.
• Pour cake mix into pan.
• Mix Ricotta, sugar, beaten eggs and vanilla.
• Pour filling mixture over cake batter and spread evenly.
• Do not mix with batter! Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour or until toothpick comes out clean.
• Cool completely.
• Cut into squares to serve. Holly Wickstrom Guild of St. Mary of the Nativity, Scituate, MA - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

OLD-WORLD RICOTTA CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• Combine zwieback crumbs, sugar and cinnamon; mix in butter until mixture is crumbled. Press onto bottom and 1-1/2 in. up sides of a greased 9-in. springform pan. Refrigerate until chilled., Preheat oven to 350°. Beat all filling ingredients except eggs until smooth. Add eggs; beat on low until combined. Pour into crust. Place pan on a baking sheet., Bake until center is set, about 50 minutes. Remove from oven; let stand 15 minutes, leaving oven on. Combine topping ingredients; spoon around edge of cheesecake. Carefully spread over filling. Bake 10 minutes longer. Loosen sides from pan with a knife; cool 1 hour. Refrigerate 3 hours or overnight, covering when completely cooled. Remove rim from pan. Refrigerate leftovers.

RICOTTA CHEESE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease one 9x13 inch pan.
• Make yellow cake mix according to package directions. Pour batter into the greased 9x13 inch pan.
• Mix together the ricotta cheese, sugar, eggs and vanilla extract and spoon over cake batter.
• Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for about 45 minutes. Sprinkle cake with confectioners' sugar when cool.

RICOTTA CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Make crust:
• Pulse flour, sugar, salt, and butter in a food processor until mixture resembles coarse meal. Add yolk, vanilla, and lemon juice and pulse just until mixture begins to form a dough. Spread dough with a small offset spatula or back of a spoon over buttered bottom of a 24-centimeter springform pan and prick all over with a fork. Chill 30 minutes.
• Bake crust in a shallow baking pan (to catch drips) in middle of oven until golden brown, about 25 minutes, and cool on a rack.
• Increase temperature to 375°F.
• Make filling and bake cake:
• Discard liquid and cheesecloth and force drained ricotta through sieve into bowl. Beat yolks and sugar with an electric mixer until thick and pale, then beat in ricotta, flour, and zests. Beat whites with salt in another bowl until they hold soft peaks, and fold into ricotta mixture.
• Butter side of springform pan and pour filling over crust (pan will be completely full). Bake in baking pan in middle of oven until cake is puffed and golden and a tester inserted 1 inch from center comes out clean, about 1 hour.
• Run a knife around top edge of cake to loosen and cool completely in springform pan on rack. Chill, loosely covered, at least 4 hours. Remove side of pan and transfer cake to a plate. Bring to room temperature before serving.