Tuesday, September 6, 2011

Lemon Ricotta Cake.

This recipe, from Rodney Dunn, showcases just what the TMX can do. It made the fresh Ricotta,(so easy), grated the Lemon zest, and then mixed it all. It is a light cake with a nice Lemon kick. It would serve 10/12 as dessert with Double cream.

Heat oven to 180oC, and prepare a 22cm Spring form tin.

250g. fresh Ricotta, (made in TMX)
2 eggs at room temp.
160g. caster sugar.
90g butter, melted.
3 Lemons, rind removed in strips with vegetable peeler and juiced.
225g S.R. flour
60g. Almond meal

Grind Lemon peel with sugar, speed 7, 45 seconds.
Add Ricotta and eggs, zap until smooth, speed 7, 30 seconds.
Add butter and lemon juice and mix ,speed 7, 10 seconds.
Add Almond meal, speed 5 seconds speed 5
Add S.R. flour, Reverse, speed 4 for 10 seconds.
Remove bowl from machine and fold any flour remaining in with spatula.

Bake 40 to 50 mins. test after 40 mins.
Stand in pan for 5 mins before removing cake to a wire rack to cool.

Will keep in air tight tin for up to 3 days.

The Ricotta recipe is from Super Kitchen Machine

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