This Lemon Ricotta Cake with Toasted Pistachio Frosting was my entry for this year’s Lancewood CakeOff contest. The recipe for the Lemon Ricotta Cake has been posted on the blog before and it is truly a delicious gluten free cake and has been a very popular recipe since it first appeared.

Lemon Ricotta Cake with Toasted Pistachio Frosting

But I wanted to make it even more special and decided to make a toasted pistachio frosting. It is rich and decadent but I belong to the school of thought that when it comes to cake you either go big or eat a salad. But in saying that, I realised afterwards that making it as a double layer cake is just too much so the recipe below is for a one layer cake with frosting and not the two layers you see in the images. Friends of mine who tasted the two layer extravaganza disagreed completely so if you want to go big, double the recipe for both the batter and frosting.

Lemon Ricotta Cake with Toasted Pistachio Frosting

With all the richness coming from the nuts and icing sugar in the frosting you need to use the most fragrant lemons you can find so I would suggest finding some organic ones at the market. Somehow lemon zest from supermarket lemons doesn’t seem to be that sharp anymore.

Lemon Ricotta Cake with Toasted Pistachio Frosting

The frosting has rich undertones of caramel and that comes from one of my favourite finds of the year. Natura Sugar’s Demerara Icing Sugar. This natural sugar is unrefined and has not had the molasses taken out and the slightly off white colour adds to the beautiful sandy golden brown colour of the frosting that is so fitting for the pistachios.

Lemon Ricotta Cake with Toasted Pistachio Frosting

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If you’ve made the Lemon Ricotta Cake with Toasted Pistachio Frosting share it with me by following and tagging @heinstirred on Instagram Cake recipe adapted from Cakelets and Doilies

Lemon Ricotta Cake with Toasted Pistachio Frosting

heinstirred
a delicious gluten free cake made even more special with a decadent toasted pistachio frosting
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 30 minutes
Course Baking
Cuisine Baking
Servings 8
Calories 270 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • Cake:
  • 120 g butter softened
  • 200 g caster sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1/4 cup lemon zest
  • 4 eggs separated
  • 240 g almond meal
  • 300 g ricotta
  • Frosting:
  • 130 g icing sugar I used Natura Demerara Icing Sugar
  • 50 g butter at room temperature
  • 70 g cream cheese
  • 70 g pistachio nuts shelled
  • ½ tsp vanilla extract
  • zest of half a lemon
  • good pinch of salt

Instructions
 

  • Heat oven to 180 degrees C and line the base and sides of a 20cm round cake tin with baking paper.
  • Place 100g of the castor sugar and the lemon zest in a food processor and blitz until finely ground.
  • Then beat the butter, vanilla and sugar/zest mix together for about 10 minutes until pale and creamy.
  • Add the egg yolks one at a time, beating the mixture well after each egg yolk is added.
  • Add the almond meal and beat to combine and then fold the ricotta through the almond mixture.
  • Beat the egg whites in a clean bowl until soft peaks form.
  • Gradually add the remaining sugar to the egg whites and whisk until stiff peaks have formed. Mix a third of the egg whites into the cake mixture, then gently fold in the rest of the egg white mixture.
  • Pour the mixture into the prepared cake tin and smooth the top
  • Bake for 40-45 minutes until cooked and firm to the touch
  • Allow to cool completely in the cake tin before removing
  • Heat the oven to 200 degrees C and place the pistachios on a baking sheet
  • Toast the nuts for about 5 – 7 minutes until fragrant (be careful not to burn)
  • Remove from the oven and let it cool down
  • Once cool, blitz in a food processor until you have chopped nuts of various textures
  • Beat the butter and icing sugar until fluffy
  • Add the cream cheese, vanilla, zest and salt and beat until well combined
  • Stir in about 50g of the pistachios
  • Spread the frosting liberally on top of the cooled cake a sprinkle with the remaining pistachio nuts
  • Cake recipe adapted from Cakelets and Doilies
Keyword gluten free, lemon, ricotta

A few more of my favourite baking recipes : Banana Cake with Peanut Butter Cream Cheese Frosting Chocolate Tahini Cake Chocolate Tahini Cake With Nutella & Sour Cream Basque Burnt Cheesecake Basque Burnt Cheesecake


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