Layered Ricotta and Pear Cake

Name: Layered Ricotta and Pear Cake
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: PT1hour
Yield: serves
Ingredients: 2 cups plain flour; 2 tsps baking powder; ½ cup brown sugar; 1 cup almond meal; 180g butter, softened; 1 egg, lightly beaten; 2 tbsps brown sugar – extra; Filling; 500g ricotta cheese; 2 tsps vanilla essence; 2/3 cup caster sugar; 2 eggs, lightly beaten; 2 ripe pears, peeled and thinly sliced

By Bridget O’Connor

Is there anything better than the light, fluffiness of a cheesecake? This Layered Ricotta and Pear cake is a vanilla-suffused slice of heaven from the Amalfi coast that will make you swoon.

The depth of flavour from the brown sugar and cooked pear blends perfectly with the lightness of the ricotta in this recipe but is an adaptable favourite. Pears might be perfect in the winter, but you might prefer stone fruit in the summer. Whatever the season, this is a deliciously versatile dessert. But ricotta is the key. Its mild taste means that it pairs well with everything from granola to spinach, moving easily between sweet and savoury.

Why use NEFF Top and Bottom Heat

This NEFF oven function is perfect for baking cakes and pastries, and works by evenly emitting heat from both above and below. This will avoid you having a burnt top and soggy bottom when making this cake.

Learn more about this oven function here.

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Layered Ricotta and Pear Cake

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Prep: 30 minutes

Cooking: 1 hour

difficulty: Easy

Ingredients

2 cups plain flour
2 tsps baking powder
½ cup brown sugar
1 cup almond meal
180g butter, softened
1 egg, lightly beaten
2 tbsps brown sugar – extra

Filling

500g ricotta cheese
2 tsps vanilla essence
2/3 cup caster sugar
2 eggs, lightly beaten
2 ripe pears, peeled and thinly sliced

Method

Preheat the oven on top & bottom heat to 170˚C and place the wire rack on shelf 2.
Grease & line the base of a 20cm springform pan.
Sift the flour and baking powder into a large bowl. Stir in the sugar and almond meal. Rub in the butter until mixture resembles coarse breadcrumbs. Add the egg and stir with a broad bladed knife to form a crumble. Press half the crumble mix firmly and evenly into the base of the pan.
Combine the ricotta, vanilla, sugar and eggs for the filling and mix with a whisk until well combined and smooth. Pour the ricotta mixture over the crumble base and arrange the pears on top.
Mix the extra brown sugar into the remaining crumble mix and sprinkle evenly over the ricotta filling.
Place into the oven and bake for 50 to 60 minutes or until golden in colour and the filling has set. Cool the cake in the pan before removing and dusting with icing sugar.

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About NEFF

NEFF is a German-engineered kitchen appliance brand, with a product range that includes ovens, cooktops, rangehoods, coffee machines and dishwashers designed to make life in the kitchen a daily pleasure. For people who love to cook, NEFF gives you the tools to create meaningful connections, express your creativity and make memories. Because real life happens in the kitchen. 
Learn more about NEFF here.

Authors Bio

Bridget has worked in the home appliance industry for more than 15 years. She loves to cook & really enjoys working with customers to help them select appliances to best suit their needs as well as following up with further instruction when the appliances are installed.

Layered Ricotta and Pear Cake

Layered Ricotta and Pear Cake

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