Desserts

NILLA Cannoli Refrigerator Cake

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I made this w/out the orange and everyone loved it.

posted by

rolllin_hard

on 3/5/2010

time

prep:

15 min

total:

4 hr 15 min

servings

total:

24 servings

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What You Need

large seedless orange

pkg. (8 oz.) PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese, softened

container (15 oz.) ricotta cheese

1/2

cup sugar

Tbsp. vanilla

oz. BAKER'S Semi-Sweet Chocolate, coarsely chopped

tub (8 oz.) COOL WHIP Whipped Topping, thawed, divided

NILLA Wafers, divided

Make It

GRATE the orange peel; set aside. Peel or cut away any remaining white membrane from outside of orange; discard. Separate orange into sections. Cut 3 of the sections into quarters; set aside for later use. Cover and refrigerate remaining orange sections for snacking or other use. Beat cheeses, sugar and vanilla in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed until well blended. Add the orange peel and chocolate; mix well. Gently stir in 2 cups of the whipped topping.

SPREAD 2 cups of the cheese mixture onto bottom of 13x9-inch baking pan. Top with layers of 30 of the wafers and half of the remaining cheese mixture; repeat layers of wafers and cheese mixture. Top with remaining whipped topping; cover.

REFRIGERATE 4 hours. Top with the quartered orange sections and remaining 5 wafers. Cut dessert into 24 pieces to serve. Store leftover dessert in refrigerator.

Kraft Kitchens Tips

Special Extra

Garinish with chocolate curls just before serving. Melt 1 pkg. (4 oz.) BAKER’S Semi-Sweet or Premium White Baking Chocolate or 1 pkg. (4 oz.) BAKER’S GERMAN’S Sweet Chocolate as directed on package. Spread with spatula into a very thin layer on baking sheet. Refrigerate 10 min. or until firm but still pliable. To make curls, push a metal spatula firmly along the baking sheet, under the chocolate, so the chocolate curls as it is pushed. (If chocolate is too firm to curl, let stand a few min. at room temperature; refrigerate again if it becomes too soft.) Use a toothpick to carefully place chocolate curl on a wax paper-covered tray. Refrigerate 15 min. or until firm. Use toothpick to arrange curls on dessert. Store any remaining curls in an airtight container in the freezer for up to 6 months.

Substitute

Prepare as directed, using PHILADELPHIA Neufchatel Cheese and COOL WHIP LITE Whipped Topping.

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rolllin_hard

posted:3/5/2010

I made this w/out the orange and everyone loved it.

rebekkac

posted:12/9/2009

I will not use the orange peel next time as I thought it was too overwhelming and I don't care for the orange/chocolate combo. I think without the orange I will really love this recipe.

foodie_jen36

posted:1/23/2009

I made this recipe for tonights dinner. It was very easy to make it takes a bit of time and that is really the layering of all the ingredients. I tasted this and it was yummy! I did not have semi-sweet chocolate bar handy so i chopped up by hand semi-sweet chocoalte chips. I used part-skim ricotta cheese and fat free cream cheese and lite frozen whipped topping to make it a bit better on the figure...lol! I would and will make this again...it was worth the time to put this together,and it was easy also everyone loved it. I love italian food it is my FAVE and I love canolis too this is a keeper!!!

jumphill

posted:8/5/2008

I didn't have any chocolate so I made this with mini chocolate chips. I will make this often because it was easy and my family loves cannoli's.

a cook

posted:12/18/2007

I made this for a dinner party i was going to and it was so easy to make and everyone loved it. they could not believe that it had the cookie in it. they all thought it was cake. I will definatily make again

erwms

posted:8/20/2007

The orange taste overwhelmed the dish. It did not have the rich creaminess of a cannoli. It was bland and unexciting. I will not make this again.

a cook

posted:4/21/2007

This was delicious and enjoyed by many picky eaters. I substituted grahams in the base because I was low in nilla wafers and was still great. Fresh orange peel is better than the stuff in a jar.

rainelark

posted:2/22/2007

I really loved the flavor of this. I used reduced fat ricotta & Nilla wafers, and fat free cream cheese to fit this dessert into my diet, and it turned out really well. I also drizzled Kahlua over the wafers so they would be softer. Fabulous!

littlemama916

posted:2/20/2007

Very good. A very refreshing desert. Even the skeptics tried and enjoyed. Definately will make this again, maybe in the summer since it was refreshing with the orange zest in it.

a cook

posted:3/21/2006

This recipe is so easy to make, and the orange zest gives it an amazing flavor. I would definitely make this again!