Recipe: Ricotta Orange Pound Cake

Posting because I keep this in my email and that is dumb.

From http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/giada-de-laurentiis/ricotta-orange-pound-cake-with-strawberries-recipe/index.html

Ricotta Orange Pound Cake with Strawberries
Recipe courtesy Giada De Laurentiis, 2007

Prep Time:10 minInactive Prep Time: -- Cook Time:45 min
Level:
Intermediate
Serves:
6 to 8 servings

Ingredients
1 1/2 cups cake flour
2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon kosher salt
3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) butter, room temperature, plus more to grease the baking pan
1 1/2 cups whole milk ricotta cheese
1 1/2 cups sugar, plus 1 tablespoon
3 large eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 orange, zested
2 tablespoons Amaretto
Powdered sugar, for dusting
1 pint strawberries, hulled and quartered or 3 oranges, cut into supremes
Directions
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a 9 by 5 by 3-inch loaf pan with butter. In a medium bowl combine the flour, baking powder, and salt. Stir to combine.

Using an electric mixer, cream together the butter, ricotta, and sugar until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. With the machine running, add the eggs 1 at a time. Add the vanilla, orange zest, and Amaretto until combined. Add the dry ingredients, a small amount at a time, until just incorporated. Pour the mixture into the prepared pan and bake until a toothpick comes out clean and the cake is beginning to pull away from the sides of the pan, about 45 to 50 minutes. Let the cake cool in the pan for 10 minutes then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely. Using a mesh sieve, dust the cooled cake with powdered sugar.

Meanwhile, place the strawberries (or orange supremes) in a small bowl with the remaining 1 tablespoon sugar. Let sit until the juices have pooled around the strawberries.

To serve, slice the cake and serve with a spoonful of strawberries and their juices over the top of the cake.

** I used regular all-purpose flour without a problem, adding 2 tablespoons because high altitude; substituted a teaspoon of orange juice for the orange zest; may have used more or less the listed amount of ricotta as what I had was half of a container (about 7 ounces).

Recipe: Maple Syrup Pie

Another recipe I keep in my email and thus live dangerously with:

http://tastefullyjulie.com/canadian-maple-pie/

Canadian Maple Pie

Recipe type: dessert

Prep time:  5 mins

Cook time:  5 mins

Total time:  10 mins

Serves: 8-10

This is an authentic recipe of a classic French Canadian pie.

Ingredients

• 1 and ½ cups pure maple syrup


• 1 cup heavy cream


• ¼ cup cornstarch


• ¼ cup cold water


• 1 9” prebaked pie shell

Instructions

1. In a medium saucepan, whisk together the syrup and heavy cream.


2. In a separate bowl, whisk together the cornstarch and water


3. Heat the maple mixture over medium to medium-high heat while whisking in the cornstarch liquid.


4. Bring this mixture to a boil and cook for 2 minutes, stirring constantly. Cook at a low boil being careful not to scorch the bottom. The mixture will thicken.


5. Pour into the pie shell and refrigerate until set. Store pie refrigerated.