Description
Ina Garten’s blueberry ricotta breakfast cake delivers a delightful morning treat with creamy ricotta and fresh blueberries. Sweet and tangy flavors combine in this simple yet elegant breakfast pastry that you will savor with morning coffee.
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 cups (473 ml) blueberries, fresh
- 3 large eggs, room temperature
- 1 cup (240 ml) ricotta cheese, whole-milk
- 1 cup (200 g) sugar, white
- 10 tbsps (142 g) butter, unsalted, room temperature
- 1 ¼ cups (156 g) flour, all-purpose
- 1 tbsp baking powder
- 1 pinch salt, kosher
- 2 tbsps (30 ml) sour cream
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tsp lemon zest
- confectioners’ sugar for dusting (optional)
Instructions
- Oven Preparation: Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C) and prepare springform pan by buttering and flouring the surface, ensuring even coating and removing excess flour.
- Creaming Process: Utilize electric mixer to blend butter and sugar until the mixture transforms into a pale, airy, and voluminous consistency, approximately 3 minutes.
- Wet Ingredient Integration: Incorporate eggs one at a time, then seamlessly mix in ricotta, sour cream, vanilla extract, and lemon zest until achieving a silky, homogeneous texture.
- Dry Ingredient Combination: Whisk flour, baking powder, and kosher salt in a separate bowl, then gently fold into the wet mixture on low speed to maintain batter integrity.
- Blueberry Dispersion: Tenderly incorporate two-thirds of blueberries into the batter, distributing evenly, then transfer mixture to prepared pan and artfully scatter remaining berries across the top.
- Baking Sequence: Place pan in preheated oven and bake for 45-55 minutes, verifying doneness by inserting a toothpick that emerges clean or with minimal crumbs.
- Cooling and Presentation: Allow cake to rest in pan for 15 minutes, release springform sides, and optionally dust with confectioners’ sugar before serving for an elegant finish.
Notes
- Prevent Blueberry Sinking: Toss fresh blueberries in a light dusting of flour before folding into the batter to prevent them from sinking to the bottom during baking.
- Achieve Tender Crumb: Mix dry ingredients gently and briefly to avoid developing gluten, which can make the cake tough and dense.
- Temperature Matters: Use room temperature butter, eggs, and ricotta for smoother mixing and better incorporation of ingredients, ensuring a more consistent cake texture.
- Check Oven Accuracy: Use an oven thermometer to verify the precise temperature, as variations can significantly impact baking time and cake quality.
- Prep Time: 25 minutes
- Cook Time: 45 minutes
- Category: Breakfast, Snacks, Desserts
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 8
- Calories: 320
- Sugar: 22 g
- Sodium: 150 mg
- Fat: 16 g
- Saturated Fat: 10 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 5 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 40 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 7 g
- Cholesterol: 100 mg