Ricotta Cake

Ok, so what do we have here? Mainly soft Ricotta cheese flavoured with lemon zest and cardamom, a little bit of flour, pinch of baking powder, few eggs. This light cake is topped up with seasonal light fruit. We used raspberries, peaches and apricots in this bake but any light, sharp fruit will do (blueberries, cherries, gooseberries, redcurrant). Sprinkle this cake with icing sugar and serve warm or chilled. This cake sets into a delicious cheesecake-like, delicate cake. Refrigerate loosely covered. The cake is enjoyable for 3-4 days (depending on the type of fruit used).

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Juicy Greek Orange Cake – Portokalopita

This Orange pie/cake is very popular here in Greece. It is a fragrant, juicy and decadent cake. We call it portokalo-pita, portokali means orange and while it is not exactly a pita, it does contain phyllo, but in another form. The phyllo basically replaces the flour. But don’t worry, you will not need to spread layers of phyllo for this cake, instead you get to smash and crumble it!

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