- 8 tablespoons butter, SOFTENED
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
- 2/3 cup cocoa powder
- 3 large eggs
- 1 1/4 cups flour
- 3/4 cup milk
Beat butter and sugar. Add salt, vanilla. Add 3 eggs. Add dry ingredients and milk just to combine. Pour into greased 9x5 and bake at 350 for 70 mins. Cool, turn out and cool completely. I froze to speed this up.
Filling:
2 cups ricotta cheese
1/3 cup confectioners' sugar-I wound up adding a little more for sweetness
1 tsp. vanilla
3/4 cup mini semisweet chocolate chips
Chocolate frosting:
- 1/2c. + 6T cocoa powder
- 3/4c. confectioners' sugar
- 1/2 cup heavy cream
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter, very soft
- dash salt
- 1 cups confectioners' sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
Heat cream in microwave and pour in mixer with cocoa powder and 3/4c. confectioners. Mix well. Add butter, salt, 1c. confectioners, vanilla and whip on high. Set aside.
Assembly-slice the loaf lengthwise into thirds. Fill with the ricotta mixture and cover the top with the frosting. Chill! mmmmmm!
adapted from king arthur flour
