I love a good cake, and I also love when they look pretty too! I’ve been wanting to make this Chocolate Italian Love Cake for quite awhile so I figured Valentine’s Day would be the perfect time. This cake is really simple to make, but the presentation looks like it took a lot of time and effort. When you start out, you put the cake batter on the bottom of the pan with the cheese layer on top; while it’s baking the layers magically switch! Then you top it off with a rich mousse like frosting and it’s pure heaven…simple, delicious and pretty!
1 chocolate fudge cake mix (do not use one with pudding in it) plus the ingredients on the box
32 ounces whole milk ricotta cheese
4 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla
3/4 C sugar
1 pint heavy whipping cream
1 (5.9 ounce) box chocolate instant pudding
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees; grease a 9 x 13 inch baking dish.
Make the cake mix according to the package directions.
Pour into prepared baking dish; set aside.
Mix together the ricotta cheese, eggs, vanilla and sugar.
Slowly pour this over top of the cake batter.
You can see the chocolate layer is on the bottom and the white is on top.
Bake for 55-60 minutes. Now the chocolate layer is on top & the white layer is on the bottom. Cover & place in the fridge for a few hours or overnight.
Whip together the heavy whipping cream and pudding mix. It will be thick!
Evenly spread the frosting onto the cake.
Slice, serve and enjoy!
Could you use orange zest in the ricotta layer?
I make a frosting almost identical to this and use Dream Whip and instant pudding, whipped together.. I think recipe is on the Dream Whip box.
I have a similar recipe, but without frosting and with a vanilla cake mix. It's delicious, and I'm going to give this one a try. Sounds fantastic.
does anyone know what would happen if the wrong cake mix is used? I used a cake mix with pudding in it, did not read the recipe through until after I had already put it in the oven. I guess if no one else knows I'm going to find out shortly…
I'm thinking it may not set up properly or either take a long time to bake!
No!
It came out absolutely beautiful and exactly as the picture. It was my big surprise.
Julie
That's wonderful to hear Julie, I'm so happy it was a success and you enjoyed it 🙂
OMG…such a cool recipe! I love that the chocolate layer switches with the cheese layer as it bakes! It should be called 'Chocolate Italian Magic Cake'. Thank you for sharing…I'll be trying this one for sure! Pinning =D