A great cake recipe for any occasion:
(*) For a cake springform pan of 24 cm ø.
Put flour and sugar in a large enough bowl. Add light butter or butter in small pieces. Quickly rub everything together with your fingers until you have a crumbly mixture. Add the egg, knead the dough quickly, but only until it holds together. refrigerate for half an hour.
Stir through ricotta, egg yolks and sugar. Whip egg whites to stiff peaks and fold just into the cream. Roll out dough, spread out baking sheet with it, form a rim. Pour the ricotta filling on top. Bake in 200 °C oven for 45 minutes.