Orange and Lemon Ricotta Cake

This cake, my darlings, is the taste of spring on a plate. Bright with lemon and orange, creamy with ricotta, perfumed with vanilla — it is everything the season promises. In Italy, this is the cake that appears when the windows finally open again, when the markets fill with flowers, when everyone remembers that life is, in fact, very good. It is simple to make and impossible to resist, which is my favorite combination. You will bake it on Saturday, it will be gone by Sunday afternoon, and someone at the table — I promise you this — will ask you for the recipe. Write it down for them. Pass it on. This is how the beautiful things survive.