Ricotta And Chocolate Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 2 1/3 cups flour
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 egg
• 1 tablespoon milk
• 1 tablespoon grappa (optional)
• 1 cup cold butter, thinly sliced
• 14 ounces fresh ricotta
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1 cup un-sweetened chocolate chips

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 320°.
• 2 grease and flour a 9" springform pan.
• 3 for the crust, in a large bowl mix the flour, sugar, baking powder, egg, milk and grappa, if used.
• 4 add the slices of cold butter to the mixture working it in gently, but not so much that everything blends together.
• 5 take half the crust mixture and press it gently into the bottom of the pan.
• 6 in a medium size bowl, mix the ricotta and sugar well.
• 7 add the chocolate chips mix again.
• 8 spread the filling evenly over the top of the crust.
• 9 crumble the remaining crust mix over the top of the filling.
• 10 during the baking process the butter melts to form a nice crust.
• 11 bake 50 to 60 minutes.