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Italian Christmas Dessert From Sicily Recipe


Italian Christmas Dessert From Sicily Recipe
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A neighbour of ours, Bubba Mary, often made this at Christmas time and it's absolutely delicious.

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Ingredients
  • 1 baked pound cake, preferably homemade but good quality store bought will do
  • 1/3 cup or more dark Rum
  • 1 pound creamed ricotta cheese
  • 1/3 cup sugar
  • 3/4 cup semisweet chocolate bar, chopped into bits
  • 1/3 cup candied cherries
  • 1/3 cup candied orange peel
  • 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
  • *I have also used confectioners' sugar to coat the cherries and orange peel instead of flour.
  • Homemade Chocolate Icing NOT prepared in a can
  • Takes approximately 25 minutes to prepare and 2 hours in the refrigerator.

Directions
  1. Cut cake into 4 horizontal layers with a serrated knife.
  2. Sprinkle rum over cake layers; set aside.
  3. In a mixing bowl, beat cheese and sugar until fluffy.
  4. Stir in chocolate.
  5. In a small bowl, toss cherries and orange peel with flour.
  6. Place fruit on a breadboard or in a food processor and chop coarsely.
  7. Add chopped fruit to the cheese mixture.
  8. Stir thoroughly.
  9. Place one layer of cake on a serving platter.
  10. Spread with 1/3 cheese mixture.
  11. Repeat until all 4 cake layers are stacked.
  12. Do not cover top with cheese mixture.
  13. Cover cake with plastic wrap.
  14. Refrigerate for 1-2 hours
  15. Frost top and sides of cake with your favourite chocolate icing.
  16. To serve, cut into very thin slices.

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This sounds SO fabulous!


This is a must every year at our house... We use a white frosting and drizzle chocolate..


I don't know how someone could give this recipe a 4 and not even comment on it? I give it a 5+ because I have made it and it is absolutely delicious!


Oh this recipe looks good. I can't wait to prepare it at Christmas time. Thanks so much for this great 5 recipe.


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