Cassata Siciliana - Good Food Middle East

Ingredients

• 25g melted butter for greasing and a little flour for dusting
• 6 medium eggs
• 140g golden caster sugar
• 140g plain flour
• finely grated zest of half a lemon
• 140g assorted crystallised fruits
• 50g plain chocolate in one piece, put in the freezer 1 hour before needed
• 2 x 250g tubs ricotta, as fresh as possible
• 280g icing sugar, sifted
• 1 tbsp lemon juice
• a little milk
• green food colouring
• 4 rounded tbsp apricot jam
• 1 tbsp Grand Marnier, Cointreau or other orange liqeur
• crystallised fruits, candied peel and angelica, to decorate