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April 18, 2014

Rustic Italian Spongecake with Creamy Cheesecake Filling

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A light and airy Italian Spongecake filled with a Creamy Cheesecake Filling, created in partnership with PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese.

Rustic Italian Sponge Cake with Creamy Cheesecake Filling

Not only are we celebrating Easter this weekend, we are celebrating Nick’s grandmas 90th birthday!! I’m so excited to get together with his family, including all his aunts, uncles and cousins (and they are Irish Catholic, so that means there will be a ton of people there) to celebrate this wonderful woman! I really love his grandma…and we know how lucky we are to still have her in our lives! 90 is definitely worth having a big, huge celebration, don’t you think?

Whatever you are celebrating this weekend, this time of year the best desserts are the ones that feature those tasty fruits that are almost fully in abundance! Berry season is so close, I can almost taste it! This Rustic Italian Spongecake with Creamy Cheesecake Filling is the perfect dessert for your celebrations. It’s so beautiful and not so sweet that it overwhelms you. It’s just like a gentle spring breeze… light, airy and oh so good!

The spongecake is good by itself, but I knew I wanted to make a creamy filling, featuring PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese. Made with fresh local milk, rich wholesome cream and real ingredients, I knew PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese would provide just the perfect amount of creaminess to compliment this cake!

However you are celebrating this weekend, I hope it is wonderful! Happy Easter from Dine & Dish!

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Rustic Italian Sponge Cake with Creamy Cheesecake Filling
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Rustic Italian Spongecake with Creamy Cheesecake Filling

A Rustic Italian Sponge Cake with Creamy Cheesecake Filling... a perfect Easter or spring time dessert! Light, airy, not too sweet and oh so good!
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 1 hour

Ingredients

For the cake:

  • 6 eggs seperated
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 cup cake flour
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla

For the Creamy Cheesecake Filling:

  • 1 3 oz box vanilla instant pudding
  • 2 cups cold milk
  • 1 8 oz block PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese softened
  • 1 cup powdered sugar
  • 2 cups sliced strawberries

Instructions

For the Cake:

  • Prepare two 9" round cake pans by spraying with Pam Baking Spray or greasing and flouring.
  • Preheat oven to 350°
  • Separate eggs, putting whites into a large mixing bowl fitted to an electric mixer and yolks in a small mixing bowl.
  • Add 1/2 cup sugar to whites and beat until very stiff (several minutes).
  • Add 1/2 cup sugar to yolks and beat until very thick and light yellow in color.
  • Fold egg yolk mixture into egg whites. Next, fold flour in, 1/3 cup at at time, incorporating well after each addition.
  • Spoon batter into prepared pans and bake in 350° oven for 30 minutes, or until toothpick inserted into the middle comes out clean.
  • Cool for 10 minutes then remove from pan and set aside.

For the filling:

  • In the bowl of an electric mixer, beat pudding mix and milk together until soft-set (approximately 5 minutes)
  • Add cream cheese. Beat on high for 5 minutes, until no lumps appear. Add powdered sugar and beat on medium for another 5 minutes, until mixture is smooth and creamy.
  • Fold in strawberries.

To assemble the cake:

  • Place one layer of cake on a cake stand. Spoon creamy cheesecake filling over top of cake layer. Add the second layer and spoon creamy cheesecake filling over top, allowing to drizzle down the side of the cake (aka no big deal if that happens!).
  • Refrigerate until ready to serve.

Notes

Italian Sponge Cake recipe adapted from Food.com

Disclosure: I’m proud to be a compensated ambassador, bringing you delicious content and recipes featuring PHILADELPHIA cream cheese. As always, all opinions expressed are my own.

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Filed Under: Cake, Dessert, Previous Tagged With: birthday, Cake, cheesecake, Dessert, Easter, food, layer cake, recipe, spongecake, strawberries

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  1. Anna @ Crunchy Creamy Sweet says

    April 18, 2014 at 9:52 am

    We just celebrated my Husband’s Grandma’s 96th birthday! So happy to have her in our lives! This cake is absolutely gorgeous, Kristen! Love the rustic look and the cheesecake filling. Sharing!

    Reply
  2. Katrina @ Warm Vanilla Sugar says

    April 18, 2014 at 11:04 am

    This cake is so freaking gorgeous! LOVE this recipe!

    Reply
  3. Lori @ RecipeGirl says

    April 18, 2014 at 11:41 am

    Absolutely gorgeous. I want 17 bites, and then maybe I’ll be satisfied 🙂

    Reply
  4. Tasteful Critic says

    April 18, 2014 at 8:11 pm

    This looks divine!

    Reply
  5. JanetFCTC says

    April 20, 2014 at 12:15 am

    90 is one heck of a good reason for a massive celebration! My husband works at a rehab facility and so many of the patients are getting younger and younger, in there due to not taking care of themselves in many cases. To make it to 90 is awesome 🙂 And this cake looks like a wonderful way to celebrate!

    Reply
  6. Stephanie @ Eat. Drink. Love. says

    April 20, 2014 at 11:30 pm

    Can’t think of better reason to celebrate! This cake is gorgeous!

    Reply
  7. Taylor @ Food Faith Fitness says

    April 21, 2014 at 6:25 am

    I don’t even know what to do with my life until I face plant into this cake. Cheesecake is my life….and with spongecake? This is what Heaven looks like! drooling…pinning!

    Reply
  8. Chloe @ foodlikecake says

    April 21, 2014 at 6:54 am

    That cake is absolutely gorgeous!

    Reply
  9. Dorothy @ Crazy for Crust says

    April 21, 2014 at 9:43 pm

    This cake is stunning!! And happy birthday to her, 90 – wow!!

    Reply
  10. Jennie @themessybakerblog says

    April 21, 2014 at 9:45 pm

    All I can seem to mutter right now is wow. So. Much. Goodness.

    Reply
  11. Louisa [Living Lou] says

    April 23, 2014 at 9:23 pm

    Just had to stop by and say how absolutely stunning these photos are – especially the first one. My oh my, I can imagine that this one was a tough one to get “just right”. Beautiful.

    Reply
  12. cheri says

    April 25, 2014 at 7:04 pm

    What an incredible looking cake!

    Reply
  13. Trish - Mom On Timeout says

    April 28, 2014 at 10:54 am

    What a gorgeous cake for an amazing celebration! Love that cheesecake filling! Pinned!!

    Reply
  14. chunky beads says

    May 7, 2014 at 2:32 am

    So. Much. Goodness.

    Reply
  15. Erin @ Texanerin Baking says

    June 1, 2014 at 11:33 am

    It’s dripping! 😀 I love it!

    This is definitely my kind of cake. I don’t like fussy cakes with frosting. The frosting is usually too sweet and it takes forever to get it looking pretty. Pssh. This is WAY better!

    Reply
  16. Peabody says

    July 23, 2014 at 2:34 am

    Oh my yes…all of it in my belly now!

    Reply

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