Delightful Easy Lemon Ricotta Cake Recipe

Step 3: Mix Dry Ingredients
In a medium bowl, whisk together the all-purpose flour and baking powder until well combined—this step ensures that there are no lumps in your dry mixture later on when you add liquids. Set aside this bowl while you work on mixing other ingredients.

Step 4: Cream Butter and Sugar
Take another bowl—preferably larger—and beat together softened butter (you will need about half a cup) and granulated sugar until they become light and fluffy; this may take about 3-5 minutes using an electric mixer on medium speed. The creaming process incorporates air into these two ingredients which contributes significantly towards achieving fluffiness in your final product.

Step 5: Add Eggs One At A Time
Once creamy consistency is achieved, add eggs one at a time into the mixture while continuing to beat at medium speed after each addition until fully incorporated before adding another egg; doing so ensures proper blending without over-mixing which could make cakes dense instead of airy.

Step 6: Incorporate Ricotta Cheese And Lemons
Next comes adding ricotta cheese along with fresh lemon juice and zest from one lemon into this mixture—give it another quick blend until everything comes together beautifully but be careful not too overwork it! Mixing too much can lead toward unwanted gluten formation resulting in tougher textures rather than desirable softness.