Ricotta & Cherry Cake
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Ingredients
  • 300 gms flour
  • 1 egg + 1 egg yolk
  • 130gms butter
  • 100 gms sugar
  • 8 gms baking powder
  • Pinch of salt
  • 300 gms ricotta
  • 150 gms sugar
  • Amarene (cherries in syrup)
Method
  1. Beat the butter, eggs and sugar together until the sugar is dissolved and the mixture is light and fluffy.
  2. Sift the flour, salt and baking powder together and add.
  3. Mix lightly together until just blended.
  4. Put half into the bottom of a pie dish or cake tin and spread up the sides.
  5. Beat together the ricotta and second lot of sugar until all the sugar is dissolved.
  6. Pour the ricotta mixture into the pie dish.
  7. Place as many cherries as you like on top and cover with the rest of the cake mixture.
  8. Bake at 180°C/350°F for 40 minutes or until golden.
  9. Let cool and slice into servings.
Recipe by The Low Fodmap Diet at https://www.strandsofmylife.com/ricotta-cherry-cake-plus-our-italian-trip-so-far/