0 SharesPinShareYumTweet Lemon Love Cake starts with a boxed cake mix for an easy dessert recipe but looks fancy, for sure.Moist lemon cake, sweet ricotta filling and whipped mascarpone lemon pudding topping, make this cake so rich and perfect for Valentine’s Day, birthdays, or any other special occasion, or for true lemon lover.Italian Love Cake This Lemon Love Cake is cross between lemon cake and a cheesecake.

Delicious Italian Love Cake recipe from Foodnetwork and Valerie Bertinelli, starts with boxed lemon cake mix, prepared and spread on the bottom of a 9×13 pan.On top of the lemon cake batter is spread mixture of ricotta, mixed with mascarpone, eggs, sugar and vanilla.When the cake bakes the lemon layer rises to the top and ricotta layer sinks in the bottom.

It’s almost like a magic.Lemon Love Cake with a subtle lemon flavor and delicious layers that switch places during the baking, pretty much reminded me of my Lemon Custard Cake.This cake is delicious and has just the right amount of lemon flavor and sweetness, to my taste.

If you are not a fun of subtle lemon flavor I suggest you to add more grated lemon zest in ricotta mixture.Then a frosting is made with lemon pudding, mascarpone and milk.The frosting recipe doesn’t use any additional sugar, just instant lemon pudding mix that is sweetened already.

If you are more for sweeter frosting, then I suggest adding a few tablespoons of powdered sugar, but it’s up to your taste.How to make Lemon Love Cake

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