{"id":34437,"date":"2020-04-27T01:32:16","date_gmt":"2020-04-27T05:32:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/?p=34437"},"modified":"2020-04-27T01:32:16","modified_gmt":"2020-04-27T05:32:16","slug":"italian-chocolate-chip-ricotta-cake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2020\/04\/27\/italian-chocolate-chip-ricotta-cake\/","title":{"rendered":"Italian Chocolate Chip Ricotta Cake"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6237\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2012\/01\/17\/apple-cake\/food-header-1-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?fit=640%2C144&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,144\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Food-Header-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?fit=640%2C144&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6237\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?resize=640%2C144&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"144\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?resize=300%2C67&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"34438\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2020\/04\/27\/italian-chocolate-chip-ricotta-cake\/ricottacake\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/RicottaCake.jpg?fit=640%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,480\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"RicottaCake\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/RicottaCake.jpg?fit=640%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-34438\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/RicottaCake.jpg?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/RicottaCake.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/RicottaCake.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I love a good breakfast cake &#8211; of course you could eat this after dinner, but it&#8217;s nice to have an excuse to have a little something sweet with your morning coffee. This cake is light, moist, studded with chocolate chips, with a hint of orange zest. You can dust it with confectioners sugar or make a light glaze &#8211; your choice! <!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2 large eggs<\/li>\n<li>1 large eggs yolk<\/li>\n<li>1 cup granulated sugar<\/li>\n<li>1 teaspoon vanilla extract<\/li>\n<li>1 cup ricotta<\/li>\n<li>1 tablespoon orange zest<\/li>\n<li>2 cups flour<\/li>\n<li>1 1\/2 teaspoons baking powder<\/li>\n<li>1 pinch salt<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 cup chocolate chips<\/li>\n<li>1 teaspoon flour<\/li>\n<li>3 &#8211; 4 tablespoons confectioners sugar (for dusting)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol>\n<li>Preheat oven to 350\u00ba, grease and flour a 9&#8243; cake pan, set aside.<\/li>\n<li>Beats the eggs, yolk and sugar in a large bowl until light and creamy &#8211; about 3 minutes.<\/li>\n<li>Add the vanilla, ricotta, and orange zest and beat until well combined.<\/li>\n<li>In a medium bowl, whisk the flour, baking powder, and salt &#8211; add to the ricotta\/egg mixture mixing until just incorporated. Toss chocolate chips with 1 teaspoon flour and fold into batter.<\/li>\n<li>Spoon into prepared pan and bake for 30 to 40 minutes, test with a toothpick. Let cool completely on a wire rack, then remove from pan. Dust with confectioners sugar<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I love a good breakfast cake &#8211; of course you could eat this after dinner, but it&#8217;s nice to have an excuse to have a little something sweet with your morning coffee. This cake is light, moist, studded with chocolate &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2020\/04\/27\/italian-chocolate-chip-ricotta-cake\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1238],"tags":[97,3187,4126,3712,1856],"class_list":["post-34437","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lovin-from-the-oven","tag-baking","tag-cakes","tag-chocolate-chips","tag-no-frost-cakes","tag-ricotta-cheese"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1ed1x-8Xr","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":43472,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2024\/07\/01\/italian-chocolate-chip-ricotta-cake-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":34437,"position":0},"title":"Italian Chocolate Chip Ricotta Cake","author":"Tina Garceau","date":"July 1, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"This Italian Chocolate Chip Ricotta Cake is dense, moist, with mini chocolate chips and orange zest - because orange and chocolate are culinary soulmates! 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