Chocolate Italian Cake

Ingredients:

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1 box chocolate cake mix. Eggs and oil to bake cake as directed by the box

2 lbs. ricotta cheese

4 eggs

¾ cup sugar

1 tsp. pure vanilla extract

1 small package instant chocolate pudding mix

Milk to make the pudding according to the package

8 oz. Cool Whip, thawed

Instructions:

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Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Prepare a 9x13 baking pan by spraying with nonstick spray.

In your mixer prepare cake mix according the package instructions. Pour batter into the the prepared pan.

Wash out mixing bowl and cream together ricotta cheese, eggs, sugar, and vanilla until smooth. Pour evenly on top of the cake batter. Gently spread ricotta layer to cover the cake layer completely.

Place pan in over and bake cake for 1 hour.

Remove cake from over and cool completely.

When the cake is cool, mix the pudding according to the directions on the package.

Fold the Cool Whip into the pudding to create a light chocolate frosting.

Frost the cooled cake with the Cool Whip topping mixture.

Cover cake and refrigerate for 6 hours.

Credit: http://www.thisgrandmaisfun.com/chocolate-italian-cake/