Mini Chocolate-Ricotta Cakes

Makes 1 dozen
Time 30 min
Mini Chocolate-Ricotta Cakes

Rich and gently sweet, these fancy-feeling chocolate dessert cakes are each hiding a dollop of creamy ricotta cheese inside.

Special Diets:

VegetarianVegetarian

Ingredients

    1/4 cupcanola oil, plus more for the pan
    1 cuppart-skim ricotta cheese, divided
    3/4 cupfirmly packed light brown sugar
    1/2 cupnonfat (0%) milk
    1 teaspoonpure vanilla extract
    1/4 teaspoonfine sea salt
    2eggs
    3/4 cupunsweetened cocoa powder
    1 cupwhole wheat pastry flour
    Powdered sugar for dusting

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Method

Preheat the oven to 350°F. Oil a 12-cup muffin pan and set aside.


In a large bowl, whisk together 3/4 cup of the cheese, brown sugar, milk, oil, vanilla, salt and eggs until smooth.


Whisk in cocoa powder and then whisk in flour just until combined.


Spoon half of the batter evenly into the prepared muffin cups.


Place 1 teaspoon of remaining 1/4 cup cheese in the middle of each cake and then top with remaining batter.


Bake until cakes are set and just cooked through or until a toothpick inserted in the cake comes out clean, 18 to 20 minutes.


Run a table knife around the edges and transfer cakes to serving plates.


Dust generously with powdered sugar and serve immediately.

Nutritional Info

Serving Size

1 cake

Calories

190

Total Fat

8g

Saturated Fat

1.5g

Cholesterol

40mg

Sodium

95mg

Total Carbohydrate

24g

Dietary Fiber

2g

Total Sugars

14g

Protein

6g

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