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Italian pound cake

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Ingredients:
1/2 lbsButter
2/3 lbsRicotta cheese
1 2/3 cupSugar
8 tspSugar
5 Eggs
2 tspVanilla
2 cupCake flour
4 tspWhipping cream
1/4 tspSalt
Grated semi-sweet chocolate
-or sliced strawberries
1 tspVanilla
FROSTING
8 ozSemi-sweet chocolate bits
1/2 cupStrong brewed coffee
10 tbspUnsalted butter, chilled
Procedures:
1Cake/filling
2cake: cream butter, slowly adding sugar until light.
3Add eggs one at a time.
4Stir in remaining ingredients.
5Bake in buttered and floured 9 x 5 loaf pan at 325 °F for 1-?to 1 ?hours or until done.
6Cool in pan for 5 minutes before turning onto rack.
7Slice horizontally into three sections.
8filling: combine first four ingredients in blender until smooth.
9Fold in grated chocolate or strawberries.
10Spread evenly between layers.
11frosting: melt chocolate with coffee over very low heat.
12Beat in butter a small amount at a time.
13Continue beating until thick and of spreading consistency.
14Frost cake and garnish.