Classic Ricotta Pound Cake is moist, buttery, and rich. This pound cake recipe yields a very dense but moist cake. It's a smaller pound cake that makes one loaf pan instead of the standard tube or bundt pan.
Provided by @MakeItYours
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Grease a 9-inch loaf pan with butter or non-stick spray.
- In a bowl, combine flour, baking powder, and salt.
- In the bowl of an electric mixer, cream butter, ricotta, and sugar until smooth about 2 minutes.
- Add eggs, one at a time. The batter may look curdled at this point. It's okay just keep mixing.
- Add the flour mixture and either vanilla extract or lemon zest and extract, depending on which you prefer. Scrap down sides and allow to beat about 30 seconds.
- Pour batter into prepared loaf pan.
- Bake 45 to 50 minutes. Test cake by inserting a wooden pick into the center. If the pick is clean or has dry crumbs the cake is cooked perfectly.
- Allow cake to cool on wire rack 15 minutes before inverting onto serving tray.
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