Ricotta Pound Cake With Blood Orange Filling, Whipped Cream Mascarpone Topping And Candied Blood Orange Slices

Ingredients

• 12 egg yolks
• 1 cup sugar
• 3/4 cup blood orange juice
• 1/4 cup lemon juice
• 8 oz (16 tbsp) cold unsalted butter, cut into pieces
• zest of 2 blood oranges
• 8 ozs ricotta cheese drained
• 3 sticks of butter, softened
• 2 tsp vanilla
• 2 3/4 cups granulated sugar
• 1 tsp salt
• 6 eggs
• 3 cups of flour
• 2 cups chilled whipping cream
• 1 8 oz container mascarpone cheese
• 1 cup confectioners sugar
• 1 cup blood orange cure
• 2 tsp blood orange rind
• 1 cup water
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 blood orange