Italian Love Cake Recipes

Steps:

• Prepare cake mix as directed on box. Pour batter into 9 x 13 x 2 inch greased baking dish. Set aside.
• Combine ricotta cheese, sugar, vanilla, and eggs. Blend well. Spread mixture evenly over the top of the cake batter.
• Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 75 minutes if using a glass baking dish, 90 minutes if using a metal pan.
• Blend pudding mix and milk until thickened. Blend in whipped topping. Spread over cooled cake.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven according to the cake mix directions. Coat a 9-by-13-inch pan with canola oil. Prepare the cake batter according to the cake mix directions, pour into the prepared pan and set aside.
• To make the filling: Combine the ricotta, mascarpone, eggs, sugar and salt in the bowl of a stand mixer and whisk until smooth. Gently pour the filling onto the cake pan of chocolate batter so the top is completely white. Bake until a skewer inserted in the center comes out clean and the chocolate layer has risen to the top, about 40 minutes. Let the cake cool completely.
• To make the frosting: Just before serving, blend together the mascarpone, milk, chocolate pudding mix and sugar in the bowl of a stand mixer until smooth. Using an offset spatula, spread the frosting evenly over the cake and serve.

Steps:

• 1. Prepare cake mix as directed on the box. Grease and flour a 9x13 cake pan. Pour the batter into the cake pan. Then follow directions for marbling the cake.
• 2. In a bowl combine the ricotta, sugar, eggs, and vanilla. Mix well.
• 3. Spoon ricotta mixture over top of the unbaked cake.
• 4. Bake for 1 hour in a 350 degree oven.
• 5. Cool completely.
• 6. Mix pudding with the milk.
• 7. Fold in whipped topping.
• 8. Spread over cake and then refrigerate until topping is set or ready to serve.
• 9. NOTE: For marble cake, you can use a yellow cake mix and hold out one cup of yellow mix already made. Mix 1/4 cup of cocoa into the one cup of yellow mix. Spoon the cocoa mix over yellow cake mix and run a knife through it to make a marble cake.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Prepare cake as directed on box and pour into greased and floured 9 x 13 pan.
• In separate bowl, combine ricotta, sugar, eggs, and vanilla; mix well.
• Spoon over unbaked cake.
• Bake cake for 1 hour.
• Cool.
• Mix instant pudding with milk; fold in whipped topping.
• Spread over cake; refrigerate.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Grease and flour three 9-in. round baking pans. Cream butter, shortening and granulated sugar until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla. Combine flour, baking soda and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk, beating well after each addition. Fold in pecans and coconut., Pour prepared pans. Bake until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, 20-25 minutes. Cool 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely., For frosting, beat cream cheese and butter until fluffy. Add confectioners' sugar and vanilla; beat until smooth. Spread frosting between layers and over top and sides of cake. Press pecans onto sides of cake. Refrigerate.

Steps:

• Preheat over to 350 degrees.
• Prepare cake mix as directed on package with water, oil and eggs.
• Pour batter into a greased and floured 9 x 13 inch pan.
• Blend together Ricotta, eggs, vanilla and sugar until smooth.
• Pour evenly over chocolate batter.
• Bake for 1 hour.
• Cool cake completely, but leave in pan.
• Blend together pudding and milk (this will get very thick) and then fold in Cool Whip.
• Spread on top of cake and chill before serving.

Steps:

• Prepare cake mix as directed on box.
• Pour batter into lightly greased 9 x 13 pan and set aside.
• Combine Ricotta, sugar, vanilla and eggs. Blend well.
• Pour on top of the chocolate cake mix. It's ok if it doesn't flow to the sides of the pan, as it will distribute evenly after baking.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 55-60 minutes.
• Blend the pudding mix and milk until thick, and then fold in the whipped topping.
• COMPLETELY COOL the cake. You can either spread the pudding mix on top and serve, or dollop some of the chocolate "mousse" on top of each piece served.
• **I used 1% milk, part skim ricotta and sugar free whipped topping and it was fantastic. You may use full fat everything and I'm sure it would be even more rich and lovely**.
• **Great thing for kids to make and watch bake in oven, as the chocolate cake will envelope the ricotta cheese mixture, after you cut it, the ricotta cheese will be in the center of the cake**.