soft cake with cream cheese and cherries

Procedure

The soft cake with ricotta and cherries is very easy to prepare: you first need to preheat the oven at 180 degrees, butter a 24-26 cm opening zipper and sprinkle the baking tray with a little breadcrumbs.

Stone the cherries leaving them whole, as you see in THIS VIDEO, or by cutting them in half and eliminating the core. Melt the butter sweet fire, in a double boiler or in the microwave.

Mix the ricotta with the granulated sugar and knead with a spatula or with a hand whisk to obtain a smooth and velvety compound. Add the grated lemon rind.

For the dough of ricotta cake and cherries, put the eggs in a bowl, sugar and a pinch of salt and fitted with an electric mixer until the mixture is very swollen compound, White and fluffy. It will take at least 10 minutes. Add the lemon zest and, floor plan, the sifted flour with the baking powder, While continuing to mount. Add the melted butter and as much milk as needed to obtain a thick but soft compound, creamy and without lumps.

Pour half the cake dough into the cake bowl, then distributed over the cream ricotta. Cover with the rest of the dough. Evenly cover the surface of the dough with pitted cherries, pressing so that they sink slightly into the dough. Sprinkle the surface of the soft cake with ricotta cheese and cherries with the sugar and cook for 40 minutes or until the cake is golden and puffed. Remember, always worth the toothpick test: stuck a toothpick in the center of the cake and it will come out dry. Serve the soft cake with ricotta and cherries warm or at room temperature: It is very good both at breakfast and for snacks, accompanied by whipped cream or a creamy vanilla ice cream. Bon appétit!