NILLA CANNOLI REFRIGERATOR CAKE

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This recipe is from "Taste of Home", I love canoli's and thought this sounded light and refreshing.

Provided by Lori Brown

Categories     Cakes

Time 4h15m

Number Of Ingredients 8

1 large seedless orange
1 pkg 8 oz. cream cheese, softened
1 container (15 oz.) ricotta cheese
1/2 c sugar
1 Tbsp vanilla extract
2 oz (1 oz. each) semi-sweet baking chocolate squares, coarsley chopped
1 carton (8 oz.) whipped topping, thawed and divided
65 nilla wafers, divided

Steps:

  • 1. Grate the orange; set peel aside. Separate the orange into sections. cut three of the sections into quarters; set aside for later use. Cover and refrigerate remaining orange sections for snacking or other use.
  • 2. Beat cheeses, sugar and vanilla in a large mixing bowl on medium speed until well blended. Add the orange peel and chocolate; mix well. Gently stir in 2 cups whipped topping.
  • 3. Spread 2 cups of the cheese mixture onto bottom of 13 x 9 baking pan. Top with 30 wafers; cover with 1 1/2 cups of the remaining cheese mixture. Top with the remaining whipped topping; cover. Refrigerate 4 hours.
  • 4. Top with the quartered orange sections and remaining five quartered wafers. cut into squares. Store leftovers in the refrigerator.

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