Baked Rigatoni Cake - A Stuffed Pasta Dish Recipe

[BettyR]

My two nephews, 10 and 12 years old came to stay with me for a week while their mom was recovering from surgery on her foot. The kids wanted to make something special for their mom for dinner when she came to pick them up. I was searching the net for something to make with kids and found this.

Baked Rigatoni Cake and more delicious recipes, smart cooking tips, and video demonstrations on marthastewart.com

We subbed a jar a Ragu sauce for the tomatoes but other wise followed the recipe. The kids had a ball putting this together and their mom loved it. The kids were so happy with how it turned out and it was very good!!!

[kitchenelf]

Good job!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Looks like a fun recipe to make.

[Aria]

Betty R, What a "beautiful" Baked Rigatoni Cake. Thanks for the recipe and the site. Aria

[keltin]

Wow! That looks great. I’ve got to make this. Thanks for sharing; it’s now on the menu for this weekend.

[Barb L.]

Thanks for sharing, hubby will love it ! Looks yummy !!

[BettyR]

You are all very welcome!!

[QSis]

Geez, Betty, I think yours looks better than the professionally photographed one!

That's a fantastic presentation! Terrific idea!

Lee

[BettyR]

Originally Posted by QSis

Geez, Betty, I think yours looks better than the professionally photographed one!

That's a fantastic presentation! Terrific idea!

Lee

Thank you, the boys said the same thing, they thought that ours looked better.

I didn’t measure the cheese, I just put some on and I guess we probably used more cheese than she did and we used a jar of Ragu instead of a can of tomatoes, which made the sauce thicker and more tomato-ey.