Some days are meant for baking and indulging. I am not talking about cold weather or rainy days, cloudy mornings or even birthdays. It’s just one of those days when all you crave is to bake a chocolate cake for yourself. Regardless of how warm the afternoon feels and how extreme the temperature shoots, the girl just looks forward to wrapping her red apron around, whisking the cake batter and turning on the oven. It was that kind of day for me and chocolate cake was the first thought that popped in my mind while still on bed, scrolling through the inbox on my mobile.
Chocolate cake was all I used to bake at one point of time. Then I met Arvind, who loves to eat chocolate any day, any time but dislikes chocolate cake. Funny thing is, I am just the opposite. Huh! Anyway, so that morning without giving any second thought, I baked the cake even before I prepared lunch for us. What can I say, craziness bombarded out of nowhere and I played along with it.
Needless to say, it was quite worth the effort.
Arvind took a tiny bite. I shared couple small slices with a friend who dropped by for chitchat in the afternoon. As for the rest of the cake, I gobbled all by myself. The following two days, I had dessert for lunch and dinner. And you shouldn’t feel sad for the hubby. He is storing gelatos in the refrigerator like it’s the end of the world or something. So he is quite blissful with his favorite flavors. It’s good that he doesn’t care much for chocolaty cake. I get to eat it all without feeling any kind of guilt!
This is the first time I added ricotta in cake. After I baked the ricotta bread, there was sufficient leftover cheese to be used on a cake. Plus this recipe from Liren’s blog was on my mind for a while. So I took the inspiration and decided to bake one for me with chocolate and berries.
With a striking balance of sweetness from raspberries, richness from ricotta and bitterness from cocoa powder, this cake totally made my day. It was crumbly, soft, not overly sweet and perfect with a cup of tea or coffee.
Raspberry Ricotta Chocolate Cake
Ingredients
- 1-½ cups all-purpose flour
- ½ cup cocoa powder (I use dutch dark cocoa powder)
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¾ cup oil
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- ½ cup ricotta
- ¼ cup milk
- 1 cup fresh raspberries
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F.
- In a bowl, combine all the dry ingredients (flour, cocoa powder, baking powder and salt). In a separate bowl, whisk egg and sugar until they’re mixed together. Add oil, ricotta and milk and give another whisk. Empty the mixed dry ingredients to the wet ingredients bowl and whisk again. Finally, drop the fresh raspberries and using a spoon, mix it lightly.
- Pour the cake batter in a six-inch round baking pan and bake for about 40 minutes or until it’s baked through. Check by inserting a knife or tooth pick right in the center. If it comes out clean, the cake is ready.
Notes
Nutrition
goboroot
Kankana,these photos are killing me! It's late Saturday night and I crave a piece of your chocolate cake:)Absolutely beautiful images! Btw, congratulations on your new beginning (continuation).
Kankana Saxena
Thanks dear 🙂 It was a risky move but feels worth the effort!
usha singh
This looks fantastically fabulous-unfortunately for me--i will have to experiment a bit with the recipe--because i do not use eggs--but i will most certainly try this recipe--the addition of Ricotta sounds wonderful to me
Kankana Saxena
Thanks Usha, would love to know how it turned out eggless. Do share with me please 🙂
Swati Bansal Rao
Absolutely decadent cake.. never tried a ricotta and chocolate combination before but this looks stunning and very moist. beautiful pics too!
rebecca
this looks wonderful 🙂 and you sound like me after I make a cake
Eva | A in C
What a beautiful creation! It must taste so wonderfully rich with the raspberries and ricotta. I must say that me & Jeremy will eat any and all forms of chocolate, but I am definitely partial to the chocolate cake as well 🙂
Reem
I can only imagine the creaminess and richness ricotta must have added here..
Just so beautiful... You know I was going through IG feed n I saw this.. Well gal I have been craving this ever since ..LOL
Really lovely shots babe... Specially the one with chocolate draping and falling from the whisk... Love it!
nipponnin
Lovely photos! I especially like that bowl-full of raspberry photo. Raspberry and chocolate is a great combo I think.
Trisha @ Vignette
Wow, what a stunning cake! It looks so welcoming, waiting to be eaten! Beautiful photographs -- the color of the raspberries just sing!
carey
Wowie wow, this cake looks divine! Although I don't believe I've had ricotta in a cake before, I can imagine that it does wonders for the texture. And chocolate + raspberries, well that's always a yes. 😀
Radhika Vasanth
If I can have that cake baked by you, I don't mind flying all the way from one coast to another.
Kiran
Pure decadence. and I love the use of ricotta here 🙂
ManjusEatingDelights
That cake looks absolutely scrumptious! What a beautiful color.
Grandbaby Cakes
This cake looks incredible!!! I just stumbled across your blog and your photography is insane! So gorgeous!
Amanda@ChewTown
Absolutely gorgeous looking chocolate cake! Looks like it absolutely must be eaten as quickly as humanly possible
nusrat2010
Every inch of all your pictures is pure, dark, intense seduction:) And that sexy little gorgeous cake stole my heart. Totally 🙂
Colette @ JFF!
What a pretty picture.
I'm shopping for a chocolate cake recipe and I think I just found what I was looking for!
Eileen
Raspberry and chocolate is one of the best dessert combinations ever! I bet the ricotta makes the texture of this cake just amazing too. 🙂
Soma Chowdhury
Chocolate and raspberiies together makes a rich taste...it's my husband's favorite combination. Will wait for the fresh raspberry season to make it. beautiful colors.
Anna@CCS
Gorgeous cake! I love pairing chocolate with raspberries! Pinned!
Marie @ Little Kitch
Ricotta makes every cake better! YUM!!!