White Chocolate-Mascarpone Checkerboard Cake | Wisconsin Cheese

Ingredients

• 1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened
• 3 cups sugar
• 1/2 cup Crave Brothers Farmstead Classics® Mascarpone cheese (4 ounces)
• 4 large eggs
• 2 cups buttermilk
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 5 cups cake flour
• 4 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 6 ounces white baking chocolate, melted and cooled completely
• 5 teaspoons red gel food coloring, optional
• 1 1/2 cups (3 sticks) butter, softened
• 1 1/2 cups Crave Brothers Farmstead Classics® Mascarpone cheese (12 ounces)
• 10 cups confectioners’ sugar
• 1/4 cup heavy whipping cream
• 8 teaspoons red gel food coloring, optional