Cannoli Cake

This past weekend was the wedding of a friend of mine and my brother-in-law.  I volunteered to make their cake.  They wanted a red velvet and cannoli cake for their tiered cake.  The red velvet recipe I used can be found on a previous post and here is the cannoli recipe I used.  After making this a few times, the one thing I learned is the quality of your ricotta makes a huge difference in the texture of the filling.  I found Walmart's generic made the filling grainy, but Sargento was pretty good.  The cake is lighter than many cannoli cake recipes, but it does require separate bowls and a lot of whisking.  Be sure your batter doesn't have any lumps from the yolk mix, since they will be lumpy when the cake bakes.  It should be smooth and velvety. 

Red (or blue, green, yellow, orange, brown...) Velvet Cake

Peanut Butter Mousse Cake

Here’s a recipe that a friend helped me conceive… It’s a variation on the “chocolate death cake” (chocolate mousse cake) that I make on occasion. This one doesn’t take quite as long to make as the full chocolate one. J The peanut butter mousse is amazing… think light, creamy, fluffy Reese’s peanut butter cup centers!