This sounds delicious, I am dying to try it.

I just made this recipe for a dark chocolate cake with chocolate buttercream and it is delicious! I can't wait to put the cake together today. Thanks for the recipe!

sounds heavenly, can't wait to try this, tks for the recipe

This sounds delish and will try it and post for update. Thanks!

I'm going to try this with a WASC cake, but can I assume the cherries and chocolate chips are optional? Do you think it will taste just as good without those ingredients?

does the cake need to be refridgerated with this filling?

Bella-cakes...I love cherries and chocolate chips so I always put them in. The base, itself, is really good---so I suppose it would taste OK without them. However, since it contains cheese and ricotta it does have to be refrigerated. Although many don't recommend refrigerating a fondant cake, I have without any ill results.

I made this last week, but it didn't come out at all, it didn't thicken up and was really runny..... I don't know what I did wrong :( I will try again though..... I love cannoli filling :)

I'm sorry it didn't work for you. I have made it numerous times and have never had a problem. Was perhaps your ricotta particularly runny? Maybe if you drained the ricotta in a cheesecloth bag first, (like making yogurt cheese) you'd lose some of the moisture and have a better consistency after chilling... Like you, I love cannoli filling too. I hope this helps.

I made this with a chocolate cake and it was delicious!

My customer LOVED this! Awesome with WASC!

i made this without the cherry for a vanilla cake and it was fantastic! super simple to make, great flavor and got great reviews. it tasted even better the next day after all the flavors set mmmmm yummm!

I have a taste test tomorrow night and she wants an italian cream cake with cannoli filling. Have you had this before and does it go well together? I am going to try it tomorrow

made this last night to fill a chocolate cake, YUM!! So good!

this sounds delicious. . . can i use this to frost cupcakes in a swirl pattern, or is it too soft/ will it melt fast? thanks!

I made this for my son's birthday cake and it was SOOOOOOOOOO amazingly good!!!!! Mmmmmm.........I wanted to eat all of the leftover filling right from the bowl!!

How much does this make? What size cake does it fill?

Delicious!! Can i freeze to use for later?

I just tried this for the first time and it was delicious. I had some store bought cannoli shells so I put the filling in an icing bag and just piped it into the shells. Can't wait to try it as a cake or cupcake filling.

I just made this for the second time, the first time it came out too runny... This time I let the ricotta drain overnight in the fridge (in cheese cloth), I used marscapone cheese instead of cream cheese, and I subbed rum extract for the almond. SO amazingly good and nice and thick!!

I think when you use whole milk ricotta then it is thicker than the less fat ones, I have always refrigerated my fondant cakes and have never had a problem. if you watch cake boss he does the same thing

I made this filling for my son's Baptism cake, it was amazing! I also used mascarpone cheese instead of cream cheese and half the amount of cherries. Wasn't sure about the cherries but it gave it a really nice taste. Used the extra filling to fill some cannoli shells. Everyone raved about the cake. Thanks for the recipe!

hope someone sees and can answer this. I will be decorating cake around 1pm and wedding is at 6:30. could it sit that long??

this was SOOO good... the only thing i will change next time is the amount of almond extract... i think 1/4 teaspoon would do it for me... thanks!!!!

Does anyone know how much this recipe makes?

Now that I've seen it, I MUST try it. Wonder if I can find mascarpone...hmmmm

Made this recipe and left out the cherries and added lemon zest. Turned out really good! Got rave reviews!!!

If I was to use this as a filling in my WASC cake, what do you suggest to frost the cake with? I dont do fondant....so would American Buttercream be ok with this? I cant wait to try this!

Thanks Ansa

I use this with the cherries when I have the time/energy/desire, and I leave the cherries out when I am lazy/unmotivated/exhausted.  Either way, a winner.  Actually, a HUGE winner.  I use with or without the cherries for chocolate WASC and for WASC.  Then I smother with white or dark chocolate ganache. Wicked!!   But if you really want to get taste bud nasty (and I mean this in a good way), make a white chocolate mocha cake (recipe here on CC; basically just means using white chocolate mocha coffee creamer in your wasc recipe) then use this with or without cherries and with white or dark chocolate ganache, and fasten your seat belts.  YOU ARE WELCOME!!  XO