Fluffy like a pillow and draped in a luscious blueberry glaze, this avocado cake recipe is made with creamy ricotta cheese, decadent dark chocolate chunks and smooth olive oil. Can you resist? I have a confession to make: fragrant Olive Oil + Ricotta Cheese make my world go around, for reals! Because one more olive oil cake recipe, drizzled with blueberry glaze, makes the world a better place you know..? Well, at least for the time we spend eating it anyways! A riff on my old Ricotta ...
Italian Cakes
Italian Lemon Olive Oil Cake Recipe with Berries & Mascarpone
The best Italian lemon olive oil cake of your dreams, dressed festively with layers of whipped mascarpone cheese, lemon curd, a honey lemon blueberry sauce and finished with juicy, fresh blackberries. Like a Tiramisu, but even better! This Italian lemon olive oil cake is Everything and a bucket of organic blackberries! Today I bring to you the first official cake recipe on Ciao Florentina. I don’t even know where to really start, because I am so excited about this you guys. I mean, yours ...
Blueberry Lemon Bread Recipe
Homemade blueberry lemon bread from scratch, made with smooth olive oil, a creamy richness from ricotta cheese and a decadent lemon glaze! I clearly can't help it you guys: this moist blueberry lemon bread made withe the smoothest olive oil has taken over my life. Oh yeah, and ricotta cheese of course, but we won't talk about that today, because by now it would be the same as saying I'm baking with flour. Duhh! Ricotta cheese + olive oil (no butter), you are the greatest! Don't you ever ...
Banana Bread Cake
An easy, to die for banana bread cake filled with creamy Mascarpone cheese and covered in a silky lemon glaze! Ok, so Is it banana bread or cake ? What's the difference? Well, it is a cake like banana bread technically. Like a bread but way better. Like the best banana bread cake I’ve ever made, because on top of the moist ricotta cheese dough, it also has little pockets of Mascarpone cheese all throughout. Killer! And just because it is the holiday season, I also whipped up a ...
Sicilian Ricotta Cheesecake Recipe
Authentic Sicilian ricotta cake recipe, easy, gluten free and decadent. Simply baked creamy whole milk ricotta cheese mixed together with a bit of coconut flour, organic eggs, vanilla, some orange or lemon zest and a little sugar for sweetness. Basically an Italian style cheesecake! Below I shared the classic recipe with you, feel free to get creative depending on the occasion. During the winter holidays I top it with my cranberry blackberry sauce for a festive presentation, and during ...
Espresso Pumpkin Nut Bread Recipe
An Espresso Pumpkin Nut Bread Recipe for the coffee and pumpkin lovers of the world. Let's get caffeinated! Wake up and smell the coffee, and the pumpkins, because this the season to pumpkin everything. That's it! No more tomatoes, but please don't quote me on that one tough... You know how I roll.. Brace yourselves for pumpkin lattes, pumpkin breads, pumpkin stews and soups and plain old pumpkin out of the can. What ..? It's good for you, trust me! Have you ever tried putting it on your ...