Baking With Bitty

Cannoli Cake

picture of cannoli cake

Ingredients

Recipe

  1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
  2. Combine baking powder, flour, and salt.
  3. Cream the butter and sugar for 5 minutes. Add eggs one at a time.
  4. Add in vanilla and stir until all is combined.
  5. Add flour mixture first than milk. Alternate between the two while mixing.
  6. Pour into cupcake pan but make sure to keep batter at least 1/2 inch away from rim so the batter can rise while cooking.
  7. Cook in oven for 70 to 80 minutes. Check with toothpick test.
  8. Let cool for a few hours before icing

Icing

  1. Beat ricotta cheese, cream cheese, confectionary sugar, and 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract until smooth.
  2. Add 1/4 cup of miniature chocolate chips.
  3. First divide the top part(cone shaped) of the canolli cake into 2. Cut evenly. Ice in between so that there is a filling. Cut base in half horizontally. Ice in between layers for filling.

All decorative icings used are a royal icing

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