Delicious Dessert Recipe - Cassata Cake

Ingredients

Serve: 4 persons

For the Cake:

• 100g cake flour, sifted
• 3 large eggs, separated
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 70g white sugar
• 150ml water
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

For the Ricotta Cheese Filling:

• 30g ricotta cheese
• 250ml milk
• 150g granulated sugar
• 100g semi-sweet chocolate
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

For the Rum Syrup:

• 2 tablespoons white sugar
• 100ml water
• 1 tablespoon rum

For the Chocolate Glaze:

• 200g semi-sweet chocolate, melted
• 2 tablespoons whipping cream
• 2 tablespoons butter, softened

Instructions

1: Preheat the oven to 325°F. Grease and butter a cake pan.

2: For the cake, combine the flour and baking powder in a medium bowl.

3: In another bowl, stir the egg yolks, white sugar, vanilla and water until thicken. And then, pour the flour mixture into egg yolks mixture and stir well.

4: Stir the egg whites until light and fluffy. And then, pour it into flour mixture.

5: Place into the preheated oven and bake it for 15 to 20 minutes.

6: Remove the cake from oven and let it cool to room temperature.

7: For the Ricotta Cheese Filling, combine ricotta cheese, milk, sugar, chocolate and vanilla in a medium bowl. Stir it well.

8: For the Rum Syrup, combine the rum, water and sugar in a saucepan. Use low heat to cook the mixture for 5 minutes. Set aside.

9: For the Chocolate Glaze, combine the chocolate, cream and butter in a bowl. Stir it well.

10: For the Assembling, sprinkle rum syrup on the cake and spread the ricotta cheese filling over the cake. And then, top the cake with the chocolate glaze.

11: Enjoy!