Description
A delicious and moist French vanilla cake topped with a creamy frosting and mini chocolate chips.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 box french vanilla cake mix
- 1 cup milk
- 2 sticks butter (divided)
- 3 eggs
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1 tsp cocoa powder
- 1 can (14 oz) sweetened condensed milk
- 8 oz mascarpone
- 1/2 cup ricotta
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1/2 cup heavy cream
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- to taste mini chocolate chips
- to taste crushed waffle cones or cannoli shells
Instructions
- In a bowl add cake mix (disregard box directions), 1 stick of butter melted, milk, cinnamon, eggs, and blend until combined.
- Spray a 9 x 13 pan with nonstick spray or grease with butter. Bake at 350°F for 28 minutes.
- Mix together sweetened condensed milk with 1 tsp of cocoa powder and whisk.
- As soon as you remove cake from oven, poke holes 3/4 of the way through with the back of a wooden spoon. Pour the milk mixture over the top of the cake then sprinkle over a handful of mini chocolate chips.
- Cover and refrigerate for a couple hours before frosting.
- To make the frosting, blend mascarpone & 1 stick of softened butter for a few minutes, add ricotta & vanilla and blend another couple minutes, then add heavy cream and blend another couple minutes. Slowly add in powdered sugar and blend.
- Frost the cake after a couple hours and top with more mini chocolate chips & crushed waffle cones or cannoli shells.
Notes
- For a more intense chocolate flavor, consider adding more cocoa powder.
- Allow the cake to cool completely before frosting.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 28 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 slice
- Calories: 350
- Sugar: 30g
- Sodium: 200mg
- Fat: 15g
- Saturated Fat: 9g
- Unsaturated Fat: 4g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 50g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 5g
- Cholesterol: 100mg