Adapted from Giada De Laurentiis ** UPDATE: If you love an olive oil cake, I've since adapted this recipe to use olive oil in place of butter. It's also a one-bowl job: One-Bowl Orange-Ricotta Pound Cake ** Notes: Important: You must use a 9x5-inch loaf pan or 10x5-inch loaf pan or something larger for this recipe, or, two 8x4-inch loaf pans, otherwise the batter may spill over into your oven, and the cake will not bake evenly. If you only have an 8x4-inch loaf pan, I would recommend not filling it higher than 3/4 or even halfway to be safe. You can bake off the remaining batter in smaller pans or you can wait till your first loaf is done; then bake off the remaining batter in your cooled and cleaned loaf pan. I often use three mini loaf pans, because this is a great one for gifting.