Ricotta Pound Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups cake flour
• 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon kosher salt
• 3/4 cup unsalted butter, softened
• 1 1/2 cups fresh whole milk ricotta cheese
• 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
• 3 large eggs
• 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract

Recipe

• 1 350°f (177°c).
• 2 place oven rack in the center position.
• 3 grease and flour a 9-inch loaf pan.
• 4 sift flour, baking powder and salt into a mixing bowl.
• 5 in a large stand mixer bowl, cream together the butter, ricotta, and sugar, then adding eggs, one at a time, allowing each to incorporate before adding the next. add vanilla.
• 6 set mixer speed to low, and gradually add the dry ingredients. once added, allow the batter to mix for 30 seconds or so.
• 7 pour the batter into the prepared loaf pan, smoothing the batter.
• 8 bake the cake on the center rack for 15 minutes, then lower heat to 325°f (160°c) and bake about 25-60 minutes more, or until cake springs back from touch and has slightly pulled away from pan sides, and a toothpick comes out clean (baking time is approximate: the amount of water in the ricotta determines the baking time in the end).
• 9 cool the cake inside the loaf pan for 15 minutes before removing. allow the cake to finish cooling outside the pan from then on.