Recipe uploaded by

1 rating

Recipe by sigrid

Member

Leave a comment or rate this recipe

Flag this recipe as inappropriate

1. Preheat the oven to 180C/fan 160C/gas 5. Prepare the decoration: cut the yellow part of one lemon into thin stripes, and let them simmer in a pan with 200g water and 200g sugar for about 20 minutes. Let the lemon stripes cool in the syrup while you prepare the cupcakes.
2. Prepare the dough: beat the eggs with the sugar for 2 or 3 minutes. Add,still beating, the butter, the ricotta, lemon juice and zest, the almond extract and, at the end, the flour previously sifted with the baking powder. The dough should be smooth and silky.
3. Pour the dough into 12 muffin tins lined with paper cases (they should be filled at 3/4 of their height), and bake the cupcakes for 20-25 minutes in the oven untill golden. Allow to cool on a rack.
4. Prepare the lemon glaze adding about the juice of half a lemon (you can use the one you zested for the decoration), and mix untill you get a very dense glaze.
5. Pourone or two tbsp glaze over each cold muffin, add a few lemon stripes on top and let rest for 10-15 minutes before serving.

Latest comments and suggestions

• Elaine

  17 February 2008

  Elaine rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Tempted by the ingredients and this beautiful photo, I made these gorgeous cakes for Sunday afternoon tea. Recipe very easy and results really good. Light-as-air cake and very tangy icing and lemon peel. One note: next time I will use 12 fairycake cases and a smaller tin next time as muffin cases too big for the quantity of cake mix.

  Flag as inappropriate

  Please let us know your name and the reason you find the above comment inappropriate.

  Your name: Reason:
• calvercooks

  20 February 2008

  calvercooks commented on this recipe

  These look great but what is confectioners sugar? Is it icing sugar?

  Flag as inappropriate

  Please let us know your name and the reason you find the above comment inappropriate.

  Your name: Reason:
• GinaRecipes

  21 February 2008

  GinaRecipes commented on this recipe

  Made these today but the list of ingredients doesn't match the recipe! 200g of sugar in the decoration, for example, in item 1. Item 4, I assume is the ICING and then the glaze (Item 5) goes over the top. Also I'm not sure what confectioner's sugar is, I assume its icing sugar???? Looks like icing in the picture. Anyway stumbled along and in the end came up with some nice cakes. Taste lovely, never put ricotta in cakes before. Used Amaretto in place of almond essence. Hic! 28% proof!

  Flag as inappropriate

  Please let us know your name and the reason you find the above comment inappropriate.

  Your name: Reason:
• Dara

  22 February 2008

  Dara commented on this recipe

  Very light and fluffy! Opted for a bit of vanilla essence rather than almond - lovely. Yes confectioner's sugar is the same as icing :o)

  Flag as inappropriate

  Please let us know your name and the reason you find the above comment inappropriate.

  Your name: Reason:
• Gilly

  24 February 2008

  Gilly commented on this recipe

  Can someone please advise as to what 'all purpose flour' is? Is it plain flour or self raising?

  Flag as inappropriate

  Please let us know your name and the reason you find the above comment inappropriate.

  Your name: Reason:
• redbrown

  25 April 2008

  redbrown commented on this recipe

  Fantastic cakes. Every time I make them they are fought over and gone in no time. Only negative would be the decoration on top is not worth the time it takes to make as it is fiddly and tastes bitter

  Flag as inappropriate

  Please let us know your name and the reason you find the above comment inappropriate.

  Your name: Reason:
• dj

  21 February 2009

  dj commented on this recipe

  I made small ones - baked them for about 12-13 minutes. also replaced flour and baking powder with SR flour.

  Flag as inappropriate

  Please let us know your name and the reason you find the above comment inappropriate.

  Your name: Reason:

http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/5198/

Your binder

• Register
• Sign in
• More info

Sign up or sign in to receive a £40 wine voucher, and to save, rate and comment on recipes. Plus, get our newsletter.

Ingredients

• 200g all-purpose flour
• 150g sugar
• 150g fresh ricotta
• 120g butter, melted
• 1 egg
• 1 lemon, zested and juiced
• 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
• a few drops of almond essence
• for the lemon-glaze:
• 125g confectionar's sugar
• 1 lemon, juiced

Search Good Food

Keywords

Refine your recipe search

Search filter options

Search by cooking times Less than 10 minutes 10-30 minutes 35-60 minutes Over an hour Search by difficulty Easy Moderately easy For the keen cook Search by cuisine American British Cajun & Creole Caribbean French German Greek Indian Italian Mediterranean Mexican Moroccan Scottish Spanish Swiss Thai Vietnamese Search by course Warm starter Cold starter Main course Side dish Pudding Search by calorie range Less than 200 200-400 400-600 600-800 Over 800 Search by occasion Midweek meal Dinner party Family favourite Birthdays Christmas New Year Mother's Day Chinese New Year Easter Search by chef Good Food Team olive Angela Nilsen Annabel Karmel Anthony Worral Thompson Gary Rhodes Gordon Ramsay James Martin John Torode Ken Hom Lesley Waters Mary Cadogan Merrilees Parker Nick Nairn Orlando Murrin Ruth Watson Silvana Franco Thane Prince Tony Tobin Search by diet Vegetarian Vegan Gluten-free Dairy-free Nut-free Egg-free Low-fat Low in salt Suitable for diabetics Search by magazine BBC Good food olive Search by servings 1 2 4 6 8 For a crowd

Difficulty and servings

Makes 12 muffins

Preparation and cooking times

30 minutes cooling time

Ingredients

• 200g all-purpose flour
• 150g sugar
• 150g fresh ricotta
• 120g butter, melted
• 1 egg
• 1 lemon, zested and juiced
• 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
• a few drops of almond essence
• for the lemon-glaze:
• 125g confectionar's sugar
• 1 lemon, juiced

Your binder

Here are three other great reasons why to sign up:

• You get an online binder, where you can store all your favourite recipes and create menus.
• You can add your own recipes to this site for others to try; plus, rate and make comments on recipes, and share your views on our blog.
• You can sign up for our weekly newsletter (sent out on Wednesdays) - it's packed with recipes, special offers and competitions.

Tried and tested recipes from Good Food and olive magazines. bbcgoodfood.com

Recipes from the new TV channel and celebrity chefs. goodfoodchannel.co.uk