CANNOLI CAKE RECIPE

from scratch Italian cake with cannoli filling. This homemade cannoli cake is full of easy to find ingredients including ricotta, mascarpone, orange zest, and mini chocolate chips. Find out to make a cannoli cake with different flavors for your personal taste.

Ingredients
Cake Batter:

• 2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
• 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 cup unsalted butter softened
• 1 3/4 cups granulated sugar
• 3 large eggs
• 1 tablespoon fresh orange zest
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 1/4 cup milk

Frosting;

• 1 tub (10 ounces) ricotta cheese drained if needed, (see note below)
• 1 tub (16 ounces) mascarpone cheese drained if needed
• 3 cups powdered sugar (possibly more if needed to thicken frosting)
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon fresh orange juice
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 bag (10 ounces) mini chocolate chips divided (if you want a lot of chocolate chips on the outside, you may want to have another bag on hand)

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Butter and flour 2 9-inch round baking pans (or can substitute 8-inch round baking pans).
2. Mix together flour, baking powder, and salt in medium mixing bowl until well combined.
3. Beat together butter and granulated sugar in large mixing bowl with an electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs one at a time. Then beat in fresh orange zest and 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract until well combined.
4. Alternate adding the dry ingredients and milk into the butter and sugar mixture, beating after each addition until just combined.
5. Pour cake batter into prepared pans, spread to form even layers. Bake for about 20-25 minutes or until toothpick inserted into middle comes out clean. (If using 8 inch pans, baking time will be about 30-35 minutes.)
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for full instruction please see: snappygourmet.com

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