Ingredients
- 1/2 cup sugar
- Water
- 1 shot limoncello, look for the small airplane size bottles if you don't want the investment of a larger one
- 1 store-bought angel food cake
- 1 lemon, zested
- 3 cups whole milk ricotta cheese
- 3 tablespoons honey
- 1 1/2 pints total mixed berries such as blueberries, strawberries, raspberries or blackberries
Directions
Place the sugar in a small sauce pan, add enough water for it to resemble wet sand. Place over medium-high heat and bring up to a bubble, simmer until the sugar has dissolved in the water. Remove from the heat and add the limoncello, let it cool while you prepare the cake and filling.
In a bowl combine the lemon zest, ricotta cheese and the honey. Cut the angel food cake into 3 slices horizontally; make sure the slices are of equal thickness so that you end up with 3 doughnut looking slices of the same thickness. Arrange the bottom slice on a serving plate. With a pastry brush drench the slice with 1/3 of the limoncello mixture, top the slice with a 1/2 of the ricotta cheese mixture, repeat with the next layer and finish the top with the last 1/3 of the limoncello mixture.
Slice and serve alongside some mixed berries.
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By megb1234
Cambridge, MA
on January 04, 2013
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Great, easy recipe. I made this for dessert for Christmas Eve this year and it was a hit! I prepared mine the day before and it did not get soggy, if anything the flavor was better. Will definitely make this again!
By sbenci
Pawleys Island, SC
on August 17, 2011
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Great recipe - I disagree with the review to put together when ready to serve. I did this (really didn't want to with quests there and thought it tasted almost better the next day; the flavors really set in and it wasn't soggy.
By jaxontarl_11919848
Lula, GA
on March 12, 2011
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good recipe! tweek it a little by substituting marscopone cheese for the ricotta and thin out the leftover filling with the simple syrup to make a frosting. really versitale recipe.
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