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Thursday, September 23, 2010

Apple Ricotta Cake - Swedish Apple Pie

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Is there anything more intoxicating than the smell of apples and cinnamon baking in the oven? For me ...no.
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This is the time of year I long for. Cooler weather sends me into a frenzy looking for different ways to bake apples and cinnamon. I'll sit in the kitchen and linger over the aroma coming from the oven, simple little pleasures coming from my kitchen. Cyndy and I have put together an all apple dessert post, easy delicious recipes that will hopefully find they're way into you oven. We hope you enjoy them as much as we have.










Every time I bake with ricotta cheese I am amazed at the results. The Ricotta Pound Cake with Blueberry Sauce and the Lemon Glazed Ricotta Cake were moist and delicious, The Apple Ricotta Cake followed suit and will be my go to coffee cake recipe. The possibilities are endless with this recipe, switching out the apples for your favorite fruit is the first change that comes to mind. You can get very creative with this recipe, I'm so looking forward to experimenting with it!.

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I started this recipe by buttering and flouring a 9 inch springform pan. I peeled, cored and diced 2 large apples, I used Yellow Delicious because that's what I had. I sprinkled a tablespoon of lemon juice over the apples to keep them from turning brown while making the rest of the recipe. I made the cake portion of the cake. The batter is very thick, not pourable....but spreadable. I made the streusel/ filling in my food processor, it was easy and fast to put together. I did add 1 teaspoon of cinnamon to the filling instead of the 1/2 tsp, I'm a cinnamon apple kinda girl and 1/2 tsp just didn't seem like enough.

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Spread half of the cake batter into the greased and floured 9 inch springform pan. Top the cake batter with half of the streusel/filling. Then repeat the layers again with the remaining cake batter and streusel/filling. I baked the coffee cake at 350 degrees for about 50 minutes.

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OH my goodness this was so good!!! It was so soft and moist, absolutely worth the effort!

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Apple/Ricotta Coffee Cake
Kevin Weeks/Seriously Good
Cake
1 3/4 c all-purpose flour
3/4 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 c butter — at room temperature
1 c granulated sugar
1 tsp vanilla
2 ea eggs
1 c ricotta cheese
Streusel/Filling
2 ea cooking apples — peeled, cored, and diced
2/3 c brown sugar, packed
1/2 c all-purpose flour
1/2 c quick cooking oats
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
1/4 tsp salt
4 tbsps butter — cut into small pieces
2 tbsps shortening — cut into small pieces
1/2 c pecan pieces
Heat oven to 350F. Grease a 9″ springform pan with butter and dust with flour.
Streusel/Filling
Peel and dice apples (about 1/2″ dice) and toss with lemon juice. Set aside.
Place remaining streusel ingredients (except pecans) in a food processor. Add butter and shortening. Pulse about 10 times then process for 5 to 10 seconds until there are no visible lumps of fat.
Cake
Mix together 1 3/4 cups flour, baking powder, soda and salt in a medium bowl.
Using an electric hand mixer or the paddle attachment on a stand mixer beat 1/2 cup butter for about 30 seconds, then beat in granulated sugar and vanilla. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Alternately add flour mixture and ricotta cheese to batter. Mix on low speed after each addition until combined. Note: this batter will be rather thick and stiff.
Spread 1/2 of the batter into the bottom of the pan. Sprinkle with 1/2 of the filling mixture and then the diced apples. Spoon remaining batter over apples. It will not spread smoothly so be gentle and use dollops of batter. Sprinkle with remaining topping and nuts.
Bake 45-50 minutes more or until a wooden toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool at least 1 hour on a wire rack.


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Easy and delicious apple pie, your gonna love this one! Serve with vanilla ice cream just like apple pie.

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SWEDISH APPLE PIE
(Source: Robin (Carol's daughter)...recipe from her Nana Bev)


Fill pie plate 3/4 full with sliced apples. Sprinkle with 1 Tablespoon sugar mixed with 1 teaspoon of cinnamon.

In small bowl combine:
3/4 cup melted butter
1 cup sugar
1 cup flour
1 egg (unbeaten)

Pour over apples and bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes.

Nana Bev's comments: "This recipe was given to me by a friend several years ago and one that I had forgotten about. I came across it the other day and made it for dessert for supper. It is so easy and so yummy. It is great served warm with vanilla ice cream and it smells so good near the end of the baking time."

31 comments:

Mary | Deep South Dish said...

Everything y'all make is always so gorgeous!!

Barbara Bakes said...

What fabulous fall treats. The ricotta cake is especially calling my name!

Marie Rayner said...

Oh my they all look so good Bunny! Hooray for Autumn and apples!! xxoo

Marie Rayner said...

Oh my they all look so good Bunny! Hooray for Autumn and apples!! xxoo

♥peachkins♥ said...

This just looks fantastic!

Veronica said...

I HAVE to make that apple coffee cake--it looks incredible. Well, it looks plain Jane from the top but when you slice into it--wow. Must make! That pie is calling me too!

Jane said...

Yummm! You ladies, once again, are really speaking my language. I, too, am just obsessed with apples these days. Apples and cinnamon--what a glorious scent! Each of these recipes looks just delicious. Beautiful photos as well.

Valerie Harrison (bellini) said...

We can tell that fall is here when the apples appear. Three delicious dishes to choose from. Thanks ladies.

Jersey Girl Cooks said...

They all look so good but I think I am going to try the apple ricotta cake first!

Ingrid_3Bs said...

I'm in! BUT I'm so torn between the ricotta one & the ease of the crumble, then of course, we have the sugar cookie-ish crust from the pie!

A yummy start to the Fall season!
~ingrid

MaryBeth said...

As always they all look extremely delish!!!

Monica H said...

I am intrigued by that pie! My husband is a huge apple pie fan but I don't love crust, just the filling :-)

I loveapple season and I can't wait to bake up something with them this weekend!

Theresa said...

Love this time of year with all the goodness of apples. Yummy!

Eliana said...

The smell of apples and cinnamon is what dreams are made of. This looks incredible.

The Short (dis)Order Cook said...

It makes me so happy that the blogs are so full of apple cake recipes recently. Ricotta is a wonderful addition. I think that Swedish apple pie is also a great twist on a classic.

RecipeGirl said...

omg, they all look fabulous, but I guess I should be partial to that Swedish Apple Pie (being Swedish and all).

Melissa said...

I had just been thinking of apple desserts! They all looks amazing!

Karen said...

Apples, apples, apples! Three delicious desserts... they're the best thing about Fall!

Anonymous said...

Wow, that's a whole lotta apples. they will keep an army of doctors away!

Julie said...

I am really intrigued by that swedish apple pie...going on my list for sure!

BumbleVee said...

oooh yum... anything with apples is tops in my book! I'm making apple cobbler this afternoon...

Irina@PastryPal said...

Thanks so much for the warm "welcome back." I'm glad to be here, especially to see this amazing batch of recipes for apples. Incredible! And I love, love, love ricotta in cakes.

grace said...

oh, how i love apple season! each of these treats are stellar in their own right, but as i've always been a bit intimidated by cheese with apples, i'd make a beeline for that pie first and foremost! :)

polwig said...

Thank goodness I ate some apple pie before reading this post or else I would be cooking it. The hardest part is deciding which one to make. I love riccotta cake too, often add alcohol to it also... i am definately hungry now

Claudia said...

I should never have come here. I have been craving an apple dessert for days and here they are - untouchable. You cannot go wrong with an apple dessert but you have to know I am coveting the ricotta cake. Oh my!

Katy ~ said...

Seriously, do you have ANY idea how much I truly love apple desserts. I mean we are talking truly, madly, deeply. This is more than the apple of my eye; we're talking the whole bushel here. Big big YUM YUM YUM!!!

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Anonymous said...

these would keep an army of doctors away! thanks for sharing

Whats Cookin Italian Style Cuisine said...

What a wonderful site thanks for leading me here love your recipes and apples are what I grew up on in upstate ny always looking for great recipe and with Ricotta this is a golden recipe! love it!!!! thanks for your visit :)

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Sue said...

ALL of your photos are beautiful (Love the gorgeous leaves too) and your recipes sound delicious! You have a wonderful blog here!