Italian Love Cake

History: This is a recipe that I received many years ago from Bonnie. I made it recently to celebrate Sweetie’s birthday. I am placing it in my girls’ family cookbook for Valentine’s Day 2006

Ingredients for Cake:

• 1 box chocolate mixed according to directions on box (Can use egg substitute to cut fat and calories.)
• 2 pounds Ricotta Cheese
• ¾ cup sugar
• 4 eggs can use egg substitute to help cut fat
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

Ingredients for Icing:

• ½ cup milk mixed with 1 small box instant chocolate pudding.
• 12 ounces Cool Whip can use fat free to cut fat and calories

Instructions:

1. Mix chocolate cake according to directions and pour batter into a greased and floured 9 x 13 pan.
2. Mix and beat the next 4 ingredients. Pour mixture over the cake batter.
3. Bake at 350 degrees F for 1 hour. (You must test center. It may take longer. I am going to make it in a larger cake pan next time because the sides got over cooked and the middle was softer than I wanted.)
4. Cook cake and remove from pan.
5. Mix milk and pudding and then fold in Cool Whip. Ice cooled cake with mixture.

Buon Appetito