Christmas Cake

12 ingredients
12 steps

Ingredients

  • 5/8 cup ricotta cheese cow milk
  • 1 1/4 cups raw sugar
  • 7/8 cup whole wheat flour
  • 6 3/8 tablespoons flour
  • 5 13/16 tablespoons ground walnuts finely
  • 2 eggs
  • 3 3/8 tablespoons soy milk or cow milk
  • 1 3/4 tablespoons softened butter
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • rum as needed
  • 7 ounces chocolate gianduia, or dark, for the icing
  • soy milk or cow milk, for the icing

Directions

  1. 1
    Preheat the oven to 180C.
  2. 2
    Put the ricotta cheese through a sieve and mix it with the raw sugar. It is possible to use an immersion blender, blending until the mixture is smooth and creamy.
  3. 3
    Add the softened butter and the eggs, one at a time.
  4. 4
    Add the rum and the soy milk.
  5. 5
    Combine the two types of flour with the baking powder and add them to the batter, next add the walnuts.
  6. 6
    Stir just enough to combine.
  7. 7
    Butter and flour a bundt pan and pour the batter inside.
  8. 8
    Bake the cake for approximately 45 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
  9. 9
    Remove the cake from the oven and allow it to cool completely.
  10. 10
    In the meantime, melt the chocolate with some milk and a drop of rum (optional), it should not be too liquid.
  11. 11
    Pour it directly over the cooled cake.
  12. 12
    Let the icing cool and serve.

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