Cannoli Cake 🍰

Summary

All the best flavors of a cannoli, carefully combined in order to make the absolute most delicious easy to prepare cannoli poke cake. If you like cannoli cake you’ll love my Tiramisu Cake, Dubai Chocolate Cake, and my Peach Upside Down Cake. This is a show stopping cake that I have been making for years for every occasion. Perfect for Christmas festivities, Thanksgiving, Easter, baby showers, birthday parties; basically any event you need a crowd pleasing show stopper! The creamy whipped topping is made with mascarpone, butter, ricotta, vanilla, heavy cream, and powdered sugar. Then that is topped with mini chocolate chips and waffle cone pieces, to give you that true cannoli experience. If you’re look for the best Holiday Side Dishes, or Holiday Desserts, or even Holiday Appetizers. I got them all lined up and ready for you just click the text!

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A metal bowl on a wooden cutting board holds flour, milk, an egg, melted butter, and cinnamon—ingredients that could be used for a delicious Cannoli Cake. A hand rests at the edge of the board, ready to mix.

A hand holding a red electric mixer is blending Cannoli Cake batter in a large metal bowl on a wooden countertop, with condiments and kitchen items visible in the background.

This is where your mixture of cake mix, butter, cinnamon and eggs is ready to bake. You can see the color and texture in this picture. Perfect consistency of ingredients for a fluffy and delicious cake.

A freshly baked cookie bar with chocolate chips sits in a red rectangular baking dish on a wooden cutting board, filling the kitchen with the sweet aroma of classic treats like Cannoli Cake.

This cake smells so good! As soon as you pull the cake out of the oven, use the back of the wooden spoon to poke holes all in the cake. Just go for it, poke away!

A hand holding a yellow patterned bowl filled with creamy Cannoli Cake batter being poured in, on a wooden countertop in a kitchen.

The condensed milk and cocoa powder mixture is a perfect combination for the filling. This will seep right into the holes and make your cake a show stopper and your guests asking for the recipe!

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A hand uses a blue spatula to spread melted chocolate with chocolate chips over a Cannoli Cake in a red baking dish on a wooden surface.

Don’t forget to cover and refrigerate for a couple hours while we make the frosting.

A person holds a container of BelGioioso Mascarpone cheese above a metal bowl with a stick of butter inside, preparing ingredients in a kitchen for a delicious Cannoli Cake.

I like using mascarpone for my cannoli cake because it has creamy texture and rich flavor. If you haven’t used mascarpone before it is similar to a cream cheese but more flavorful. This mixture will spread beautifully onto the cake.

A red Staub baking dish filled with a layered casserole, topped with a thick, smooth layer of white ricotta cheese—reminiscent of Cannoli Cake—sits on a wooden cutting board in a kitchen.

A smiling woman in a headband holds up a red baking dish filled with Cannoli Cake, topped with chocolate chips and chopped nuts, in a kitchen.

Garnish, serve and MAKE IT!

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Store in air-tight container for 3-5 days in refrigerator.

🤔 Common Questions

What can I use if I don’t have a wooden spoon?

You can use a skewer or the back of a utensil. Just don’t poke all the way to the bottom.

What can I replace the mascarpone cheese with?

You can use ricotta cheese and a bit of cream cheese combined to mimic the richness of mascarpone.

A red baking dish filled with Cannoli Cake, topped with white icing, mini chocolate chips, and cookie pieces sits on a wooden cutting board in a kitchen. A utensil lifts a portion from the dish.

Melissa Jo

Cannoli Cake 🍰

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All the best flavors of a cannoli, carefully combined in order to make the absolute most delicious easy to prepare cannoli poke cake. This is a show stopping cake that I have been making for years for every occasion. Perfect for Christmas festivities, Thanksgiving, Easter, baby showers, birthday parties; basically any event you need a crowd pleasing show stopper! The creamy whipped topping is made with mascarpone, butter, ricotta, vanilla, heavy cream, and powdered sugar. Then that is topped with mini chocolate chips and waffle cone pieces, to give you that true cannoli experience.

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Prep Time 20

Cook Time 2 30

Total Time 2 50

Servings: 12 people

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: Italian

Calories: 17

Ingredients

1 box of french vanilla cake mix
1 cup of milk
2 sticks of butter divided
3 eggs
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp cocoa powder
14 oz can of sweetened condensed milk
8 oz of mascarpone
1/2 cup of ricotta
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 cup of heavy cream
1 cup powdered cugar
Mini chocolate chips
Crushed waffle cones of cannoli shells

Method

In a bowl add cake mix (disregard box directions), 1 stick of butter melted, milk, cinnamon, eggs, and blend until combined.
Spray a 9 x13 with nonstick spray or grease with butter. Bake at 350°F for 28 minutes.
Mix together sweetened condensed milk with 1 tsp of cocoa powder and whisk.
As soon as you remove cake from oven poke holes 3/4 of the way through with the back of a wooden spoon. Pour the milk mixture over the top of the cake then sprinkle over a handful of mini chocolate chips.
Cover and refrigerate a couple hours before frosting.
To make the frosting blend mascarpone & 1 stick of softened butter for a few minutes, add ricotta & vanilla and blend another couple minutes, then add heavy cream and blend another couple minutes. Slowly add in powdered sugar and blend!
Frost the cake after a couple hours and top with more mini chocolate chips & crushed of waffle cones or cannoli shells!

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Nutrition

Calories: 17kcalCarbohydrates: 0.3gProtein: 1gFat: 1gSaturated Fat: 0.4gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.2gMonounsaturated Fat: 0.4gTrans Fat: 0.004gCholesterol: 41mgSodium: 16mgPotassium: 18mgFiber: 0.1gSugar: 0.1gVitamin A: 60IUVitamin C: 0.01mgCalcium: 8mgIron: 0.2mg