Christmas Cake
- 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
- Preheat the oven to 180C.
- 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.
- Add the softened butter and the eggs, one at a time.
- Add the rum and the soy milk.
- Combine the two types of flour with the baking powder and add them to the batter, next add the walnuts.
- Stir just enough to combine.
- Butter and flour a bundt pan and pour the batter inside.
- Bake the cake for approximately 45 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
- Remove the cake from the oven and allow it to cool completely.
- In the meantime, melt the chocolate with some milk and a drop of rum (optional), it should not be too liquid.
- Pour it directly over the cooled cake.
- Let the icing cool and serve.
ricotta cheese cow milk, sugar, whole wheat flour, flour, ground walnuts, eggs, soy milk, butter, baking powder, chocolate, soy milk
Taken from www.yummly.com/recipe/Christmas-Cake-632333 (may not work)