Okay time for sharing (stolen) recipes. I don’t know where I got it from but I made a super simple cake as follows:
1. Take a pound cake (store baked or frozen then thawed) and cut it in half horizontally so you have a top and bottom. If you’re really skilled go ahead and cut the cake into three roughly equal pieces instead of two.
2. Next take ricotta cheese and stir in some Cointreau (orange liquor). How much, I don’t know. But not enough to cause the cheese to become soggy. Have a shot on me too, the cake won’t miss it.
3. Spread the liquored up cheese in between the cake slices and reassemble the cake.
4. Ice the cake (just the top if you like because why make this a full time job) with best quality prepared chocolate frosting easily available to you. On one occasion I added a little Cointreau to the frosting too but only a very wee bit else the frosting falls apart.
5. And if you’re making this for guests, then dress it up by adding a little of the candied fruit used in fruit cakes to the cheese filling. An alternate to this would be just roughly chopped candied orange rinds.
6. Put in the fridge for a short time to allow the ricotta to slightly firm up but not long enough for the frosting to turn grey.
Enjoy. Easy peazy.