{"id":43225,"date":"2024-05-06T07:03:07","date_gmt":"2024-05-06T11:03:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/?p=43225"},"modified":"2024-05-06T07:03:07","modified_gmt":"2024-05-06T11:03:07","slug":"italian-lemon-ricotta-cake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2024\/05\/06\/italian-lemon-ricotta-cake\/","title":{"rendered":"Italian Lemon 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=\"43226\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2024\/05\/06\/italian-lemon-ricotta-cake\/lemonricotta-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/LemonRicotta.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=\"LemonRicotta\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/LemonRicotta.jpg?fit=640%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-43226\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/LemonRicotta.jpg?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/LemonRicotta.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/LemonRicotta.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>This Italian lemon ricotta cake is moist and delicious. Made with ricotta cheese and lemon, it has a light, tender crumb, and isn&#8217;t overly sweet. This simple cake is a classic and perfect for Mother\u2019s Day. <!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>3\/4 cup butter<\/li>\n<li>1 1\/2 cups granulated sugar<\/li>\n<li>15 oz. ricotta<\/li>\n<li>3 large eggs<\/li>\n<li>1 teaspoon vanilla<\/li>\n<li>1 large lemon, zested and juiced<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 teaspoon baking soda<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 teaspoon salt<\/li>\n<li>1 1\/2 cups flour<\/li>\n<li>confectioners sugar<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol>\n<li>Preheat oven to 350\u00ba, grease a 9&#8243; springform pan.<\/li>\n<li>Cream butter and sugar, add ricotta and blend for 5 minutes.<\/li>\n<li>Add the eggs, one at a time. Mix in vanilla, lemon zest and juice. Stir in baking soda and salt. Add the flour, mix until combined.<\/li>\n<li>Pour into prepared pan, bake for 45 to 55 minutes, test with a toothpick. Let cool for 15 minutes before releasing the collar on the pan. Let cool completely, and dust with confectioners sugar before serving.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This Italian lemon ricotta cake is moist and delicious. Made with ricotta cheese and lemon, it has a light, tender crumb, and isn&#8217;t overly sweet. This simple cake is a classic and perfect for Mother\u2019s Day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_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}},"categories":[1238],"tags":[97,652,3875],"class_list":["post-43225","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lovin-from-the-oven","tag-baking","tag-cake","tag-ricotta"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1ed1x-bfb","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":43674,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2024\/08\/07\/blueberry-ricotta-cake-3\/","url_meta":{"origin":43225,"position":0},"title":"Blueberry Ricotta Cake","author":"Tina Garceau","date":"August 7, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"I had some ricotta leftover from a tomato tart I made over the weekend. 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