Cassata Alla Siciliana

Total Time: 1 hr 1 min Preparation Time: 1 min Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 cake (pound cake)
• 1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 1 cup unsalted butter
• 1/2 cup espresso (or very strong coffee)
• 15 ounces whole milk ricotta cheese
• 1/3 cup confectioners' sugar
• 1 orange, zest of
• 4 ounces milk chocolate candy bars, grated
• 4 tablespoons grand marnier

Recipe

• 1 in a microwavable bowl, melt the butter.
• 2 add the coffee and the chocolate chips and stir until melted and smooth. you might need to microwave the mixture a few short times to allow full melting of the chocolate chips.
• 3 once it's all melty and smooth, put the bowl into a larger bowl filled with ice so it can cool down and firm up.
• 4 stir every 10-15 minutes to keep it smooth as it firms.
• 5 then start on the filling: mix the ricotta with the sugar, orange zest and grated chocolate.
• 6 after the pound cake has cooled, slice it into three horizontal layers.
• 7 drizzle the grand marier over all the layers.
• 8 then spread half the filling on the bottom layer, top with the next cake layer and spread with the remaining filling.
• 9 then top with the third layer of cake and spread the frosting on top and all over.
• 10 refrigerate until dinner.
• 11 drizzle the gand marnier.