# Chocolate Cake with Pistachios and Hazelnuts

Recipe by [Kofi Asante](https://fridge.menu/en/u/kofiasante)

A rich chocolate and ricotta cake studded with hazelnuts and pistachios, warmed with cinnamon, ginger and vanilla.

Servings: 6 · Cook 45 min · Desserts

Vegetarian · Contains: gluten, milk, nuts, eggs

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## Ingredients

- 250 g [Dark chocolate](https://fridge.menu/en/i/dark-chocolate)
- 230 g [Caster sugar](https://fridge.menu/en/i/sugar)
- 500 g [Ricotta](https://fridge.menu/en/i/ricotta)
- 150 g [Hazelnuts](https://fridge.menu/en/i/hazelnut)
- 150 g [Pistachios](https://fridge.menu/en/i/pistachio)
- 4 pcs [Eggs](https://fridge.menu/en/i/eggs)
- 1 tsp [Cinnamon](https://fridge.menu/en/i/cinnamon)
- 1 tsp [Ginger](https://fridge.menu/en/i/ginger)
- 1 pcs [Vanilla pod](https://fridge.menu/en/i/vanilla-pod)
- 1 tbsp [Plain flour](https://fridge.menu/en/i/flour)
- [Butter](https://fridge.menu/en/i/butter) — to taste, for greasing the tin
- 1 pinch [Salt](https://fridge.menu/en/i/salt)
- [Icing sugar](https://fridge.menu/en/i/powdered-sugar) — to taste, for dusting

## Steps

1. Break the dark chocolate into small pieces and melt over a bain-marie or in the microwave, then let it cool.
2. Roughly chop the hazelnuts, then the pistachios, and stir a tablespoon of flour into the chopped nuts.
3. Push the ricotta through a sieve and beat it with the egg yolks and sugar until soft and light.
4. Fold the chopped nuts, melted chocolate, ginger, cinnamon and the seeds from the vanilla pod into the mixture, and combine.
5. Whisk the egg whites with a pinch of salt to stiff peaks, then gently fold into the prepared mixture.
6. Heat the oven to 180°C.
7. Grease a 22 cm round tin with butter and line it with baking paper.
8. Pour the batter into the tin and let it settle on its own.
9. Bake the cake for 20-25 minutes, checking with a wooden skewer for doneness. (23 min)
10. Remove the cake from the oven and let it cool completely.
11. Dust with icing sugar and serve.

Published 2026-10-09

https://fridge.menu/en/r/chocolate-cake-with-pistachios-and-hazelnuts-66v74716

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