If you've been looking for a sinfully delicious dessert, you have to try this Layered Cannoli Cake Recipe With Chocolate Chips! Lucious white cake with layers of sweetened Mascarpone cheese frosting and topped with a creamy chocolate ganache is a dream come true.
Ingredients
Cannoli Cake ingredients:
2box of french vanilla cake mix
6large eggs
2Cwhole milk
1Cunsalted sweet cream butter, softened
3 9inchround cake boards
3 10inchround cake board
Cannoli Frosting:
4CMascarpone Cheese, softened
5Cpowder sugar
1tbsppure vanilla extract
4Cmini chocolate chips
1medium ice cream scoop
1large piping bag with star tip
Chocolate Ganache:
1Csemi sweet chocolate chips
½Cheavy whipping cream
6Chocolate Chip Cannoli's Cut in half
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees and spray cake pans with pam baking spray, set aside
Using a standing mixer or hand beater, beat until combined all cake ingredients
Divide the batter evenly between the three cake pans
Bake in the oven for 25-30 minutes
Allow to cool completely
Mascarpone Cheese Frosting:
Using a standing mixer, beat the mascarpone cheese, powdered sugar and
vanilla extract together until combined.
Scoop 1 C of frosting into the piping bag
Building the cake:
Remove cakes from cake pans and place onto cake boards
Using the cake leveler, remove the domes to make even layers
Using one of the layers, scoop about 1 C of frosting onto the top of the layer and spread evenly
Sprinkle ¼ C of mini chocolate chips
Place the second layer on top and repeat the previous steps
Place the last layer on top and frost entire cake
Using the remaining mini chocolate chips, coat entire sides of the cake
Place into the fridge to set
Chocolate Ganache:
Heat the heavy whipping cream in a small pot until starts to boil
Pour the heavy whipping cream over the chocolate chips in a heat proof bowl
Allow to sit for a few minutes
Whisk until smooth
Pour into a squeeze bottle
Drizzle the ganache over the sides of the cake
Pipe dollops of frosting onto the top of the cake
Sprinkle a few mini chocolate chips onto the top of the cake and dollops of frosting