Easiest Way to Make Yummy Orange-raisin ricotta cheese cake

Orange-raisin ricotta cheese cake. Recipe courtesy of Food Network Kitchen. The Orange Ricotta Cheesecake recipe out of our category Cheesecake! Flavored with orange zest and orange liqueur, this ricotta pound cake is incredibly tasty and moist.

Mix together the ricotta cheese, sugar, eggs and vanilla extract and spoon over cake batter. Alternatively, swap it for orange juice. Mix Ricotta cheese, sugar, egg, egg yolk, candied orange peel, raisins and rum. You can have Orange-raisin ricotta cheese cake using 14 ingredients and 17 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Orange-raisin ricotta cheese cake

1. You need 1 cup of Ricotta cheese.
2. You need 100 gms of sugar Confectioners’.
3. Prepare 150 ml of Orange juice + 3 tbsps.
4. You need ¼ cup of Raisins.
5. Prepare 100 ml of whipping cream Heavy.
6. Prepare 3 tsps of Gelatin.
7. You need 4 tbsps of Water.
8. You need 10 of Digestive biscuits.
9. It’s 4 tbsps of Butter.
10. You need ½ tsp of Cinnamon powder.
11. Prepare ½ tsp of Orange zest.
12. You need 200 gms of Orange marmalade.
13. Prepare 100 ml of Water + 3 tbsps.
14. It’s 2 tsps of Gelatin.

Fold in stiffly beaten egg white then add cooled cream of wheat. Mix graham cracker crumbs and brown sugar. Gently pour ricotta mixture into prepared. The cheese and raisins form a layer beneath the cake as it bakes.

Orange-raisin ricotta cheese cake instructions

1. In a plastic zip pouch OR a blender, crumble the biscuits..
2. In a bowl, mix the crumbled biscuits, melted butter, cinnamon powder and orange zest. Mix well..
3. Put this mixture in a 7 inch cheese cake tin..
4. Spread it and press it down evenly to for a base. Refrigerate it for 45mins or till set..
5. Soak the raisins in the orange juice for 4 to 5 hours..
6. In a heavy bottom pan, simmer on low-medium heat the orange juice and raising mixture for 10 to 15 mins. Allow it to cool..
7. Sprinkle gelatin in 4 tbsp of cold water and allow it to bloom..
8. In a blender, add ricotta cheese, orange juice-raisin mixture, confectioners’ sugar. Blend well till smooth and creamy..
9. Whip the cream till it becomes stiff and forms a peak..
10. Warm 3 tbsp of orange juice in a small pan. Take it off the stove and mix the gelatin. Stir till it dissolves well..
11. Add gelatin mixture in ricotta cheese mixture, mix well. Add the whipped cream into it and mix well..
12. Pour this mixture over the biscuit base and refrigerate for 3 to 4 hours or till set..
13. Sprinkle gelatin over cold water and allow it to bloom..
14. In a pan, heat orange marmalade and 100ml of water. Stir well and simmer for 4 to 5 minutes. Take it off the stove and allow it to cool for 2 to 3 minutes..
15. Add gelatin mixture in the melted orange marmalade from above step. Stir well until gelatin is dissolved completely. Cool for few minutes..
16. Pour this over the ricotta cheese cake..
17. Refrigerate until set..

This cake is also very good without raisins. Stir in raisins and orange zest. Spoon mixture evenly over cake batter. In a mixer with the paddle attachment beat the ricotta, sugar and flour until smooth. Orange ricotta pound cake is my favorite kind of dessert.