Fig And Date Ricotta Cake Food

FIG-RICOTTA CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Spray a 9-inch loaf pan with nonstick cooking spray.
• Whisk flour, baking powder, and salt together in a medium bowl. Set aside.
• Beat ricotta cheese, sugar, and butter together in a bowl using an electric mixer on medium speed until smooth, about 2 minutes. Beat in eggs, one at a time, followed by almond extract. Beat in flour mixture on low speed, scraping down the sides of the bowl until combined; beat batter for about 30 seconds more.
• Place chopped figs into a bowl, sprinkle 1 tablespoon flour over, and stir to coat. Fold figs into the batter. Pour into the prepared loaf pan. Place fig slices on top of the batter, down the center.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean, 45 to 60 minutes.
• Remove from the oven and place on a wire rack to cool. Remove from the pan once the cake has cooled, 20 to 30 minutes. Dust with confectioners' sugar.

FIG CAKES WITH SWEET RICOTTA

Steps:

• For the cake: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Place the butter into a pot and cook, stirring, until it browns. Remove from the heat and let cool, but not to the point that it solidifies, about 5 minutes.
• Whip the eggs and egg yolks together with the granulated sugar until thick and fluffy. Sift the flour and baking powder together in a bowl, then fold into the whipped egg mixture. Add the butter and mix until incorporated. Add the sour cream, milk and vanilla seeds and mix until it comes together. Transfer to a piping bag.
• Spray two 12-cup muffin tins generously with cooking spray. Arrange the sliced figs in the muffin cups (overlapping is okay). Sprinkle about 2 teaspoons brown sugar on top of each. Fill the muffin cups with the cake batter about three-quarters of the way full. Bake until golden brown and a toothpick inserted in the edges comes out clean, about 15 minutes. Allow to cool slightly before removing from the muffin cups.
• For the sweet ricotta: Meanwhile, put the ricotta in a large fine-mesh sieve set over a bowl and let drain for 30 minutes. Discard the liquid. Stir in the confectioners' sugar, vanilla and salt until smooth. Reserve until ready to serve.
• Serve the cakes with a dusting of confectioners' sugar and dollops of sweet ricotta. Garnish with quartered figs if using.

NECTARINE, FIG AND RICOTTA CAKE

Steps:

• Remove pits from nectarines and cut into small pieces along with the figs. Sprinkle with lemon juice. Set aside.
• In a mixing bowl, use your fingers to combine flour, baking powder, sugar, sea salt, lemon zest, almonds, butter and vanilla. Scoop out one cup of batter and reserve in the fridge for the crumble.
• Use a hand mixer and slowly add eggs and cream to the rest of the batter, mixing until creamy.
• Pour ½ of the batter into the greased and lined with parchment paper 20 cm spring form pan and sprinkle ½ of the cut up fruits. Spread ½ of the ricotta.
• Pour remaining cake batter over the ricotta and then sprinkle over the remaining fruits and then the remaining ricotta cheese. Sprinkle the reserved crumble on top.
• Bake in the preheated oven at 190°C for about 1 hour 15 minutes, or until toothpick comes out clean.
• Remove from oven and allow to cool 15 mins in the pan before removing the outside ring of the spring form pan. Allow to cool completely before sprinkling with powdered sugar and garnishing with figs.