lime and ricotta syrup cake

 

I risked it and made this cake for the first time for Alvin, Brian, My, Stuart, Dave and Oscar…risk paid off!  It was delicious and really, really easy.

Ingredients

• 200g butter, softened
• 1 tbsp finely grated lime rind
• 1 cup caster sugar
• 3 eggs, separated
• 250g ricotta cheese
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1.5 cups self-raising flour

Lime syrup

• 1/3 cup lime juice
• 1/4 cup water
• 2/3 cup caster sugar

Method

1. Preheat oven to 160 degrees celsius.  Grease a 20cm baba pan well with butter.
2. Beat butter, rind and sugar until light and fluffy.  Beat in egg yolks, cheese and milk.  Stir in sifted flour.
3. In a separate bowl beat the egg whites until soft peaks form; fold into cheese mixture in two batches.
4. Spread mixture into pan and bake for 30 minutes (silicon pan) or until a skewer comes out clean.  Stand cake in tin for 5 minutes and the turn out onto a wire rack.
5. Make lime syrup by stirring all the ingredients in a small saucepan over low heat until the sugar dissolves; bring to the boil.  Boil uncovered, 2 minutes or until syrup thickens.
6. Pour the hot syrup over hot the cake.

My and Oscar dig into my lime-ricotta cake