Cannoli Snack Cake

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Cannoli Snack Cake

Recipe by SMDifficulty: Easy
Servings

9

servings
Prep time

20

minutes
Cooking time

30

minutes

This Cannoli Snack Cake is so easy and so delicious! It only takes 30 minutes to bake. It’s two layers of chocolate chip cake with cannoli filling!

Ingredients


  • Cake:

  • * 2 1/2 cup all purpose flour
    * 2 1/2 tsp baking powder
    * 1/2 tsp salt
    * 1 3/4 cup granulated sugar
    * 12 tbsp unsalted butter, room temp
    * 3 eggs, room temp
    * 2 1/2 tsp vanilla extract 
    * 1 cup buttermilk
    * 1 cup mini chocolate chips

  • Cannoli filling:

  • * 32 oz. Whole Milk Ricotta, dried
    * 3/4 cup powder sugar
    * 1/4 tsp vanilla extract
    * 1/2 cup mini chocolate chips
    * 2 cannoli shells
    * Extra mini chocolate chips for topping of cake

Directions

  • Preheat oven to 350° F. Line two 9” square cake pans with parchment paper and grease the sides.
  • In a large bowl combine dry cake ingredients, excluding sugar. Set aside. In a medium bowl beat butter with an electric mixer. Add in sugar and beat for 5 minutes. Add eggs and vanilla extract and beat till combine. Alternating milk and flour add in a little at a time till it is combined and smooth. Fold in chocolate chips.
  • Pour half of the cake batter in each pan. Smooth with spatula. Bake for 25-30 minutes. Let cakes cool for 5 minutes and pop on to cooling rack. While cake is continuing to cool make your cannoli filling by drying out the ricotta by patting it down with a paper towel to get out any wetness. Fold in powder sugar and vanilla extract till smooth. Now fold In chocolate chips till combine. Pipe two cannoli shells with some filling. Set aside.
  • Cut sides of cake and frost one layer of the remaining cannoli filling on top of the cake. Put second layer of cake directly on top and frost top layer. Sprinkle chocolate chips and add cannoli’s to top for decoration!

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