Lemon ricotta cake

Lemon ricotta, or as someone I know calls it: ‘lemon terracotta’ cake has been my obsession for ages and I never could get round to making it. The primary reason was that the main consumer of my products is not too partial to cheesecakes.

And I’m so missing out! New York cheesecake, Vienna cheesecake, no-bake cheesecake, biscuit base, sponge base and the Japanese cotton cheesecake. I could make them all tomorrow, but as you see it has taken me a couple of years and repeatedly calling it ‘ricotta cake’ instead of 'cheesecake' to finally achieve the goal.

Of course, I could make all of those above cheesecakes and just eat them myself (yes I could) but I would regret it bitterly. Or I could bake and give them away (I have always ready to receive audience on standby) but it does lower my motivation if the closest bake-off judge is not enthusiastic.

This is a very good baked cheesecake, not overly cheesy and not too sweet. I’ll say whack in even more lemon – it doesn’t come through that much.