apricot, almond and ricotta cake
- Preparation and cooking time
- Prep:
- Cook:
- Easy
- Makes 10 slices
dense but good
Ingredients
- 250g ricotta
- 140g butter
- 4 eggs
- 200g caster sugar
- 250g SR flour
- 200g ground almonds
- 4tbsp apricot jam
- 5 apricots stoned and quartered
- handful flaked almonds to decorate
Method
- STEP 1heat oven to 190 beat butter, ricotta, eggs and sugar together fold in the flour and ground almonds spoon half the batter into lined tin put jam evenly over middle put remaining half batter on top of jam put apricot quarters on top of the mixture, arranged evenly scatter over flaked almonds and 1 tbsp caster sugar
- STEP 2Bake for 1.5 hours or until cake has risen, cooked and apricots shrivelled and caramelised leave to cool
