Categories: Desserts
Ingredients
- Deluxe cake mix
- 3 large eggs
- 2 1/2 cups whole milk ricotta cheese
- 1 cup confetioner's sugar
- 1 tablespoon rum or brandy
- 4 ounces chocolate, finely chopped
- 1/2 cup maraschino cherries, drained and chopped
- 1/3 cup seedless raspberry jam
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 2 tablespoons rum or brandy
- 2 cups heavy cream
- 1/2 cup confectioner's sugar
Directions
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Make cake in 2 9 inch pans following directions, but substitute 3 large eggs for the egg whites.
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Mix sugar, chocolate and cherries into the ricotta cheese with spatula and fold in the rum
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Make syrup with 1/4 cup granulated sugar dissolved in 1/4 cup boiling water and 2 tablespoons rum extract
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Slice the cooled layers in half
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For the first 3 layers, moisten with syrup then spread evenly with 1/3 jam, 1/3 ricotta mixture.
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Frost final layer and sides with the topping
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(2 cups heavy cream whipped with 2 cups confectioner’s sugar
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Refrigerate