Caffe Bondi's Cassata Siciliana (ricotta cheese cake covered with marzipan and candied fruit)
  • 1.5lbs ricotta
  • 1/2 lb. powder sugar
  • pinch of vanilla
  • 2 drops of cinnamon oil
  • chocolate drops and small candied fruit diced
  • 10" genoise cake

for sugar glaze

    • 1lbs powder sugar
    • 1/2 to 3/4 cup of water

for decoration

    • marzipan
    • candied fruit
    • green food coloring to color marzipan

procedure

for filling

mix the ricotta with the sugar, add the vanilla and the 2 drops of cinnamon oil

mix well until you obtain a soft cream

add the chocolate chips and the diced candied fruit

cut the genoise in very thin layers

place the genoise around the cassata pan in a way that creates a lining all around and at the bottom.

Place layer of ricotta

cover with a thin layer of genoise

repeat

cover the cassata with a board and place in fridge to cool

Prepare glaze by melting the powder sugar with the water and heat until sugar melts and it becomes a silky texture

Remove from the mold and cover the cassata with green marzipan on the sides and a sugar glaze on top

decorate with candied fruits


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