So where can a poor country bumpkin like me find mascarpone cheese? The recipe might as well call for a pound of Unobtanium cheese It's unavailable at any price in the area of the "Show Me" state where I live, with a 100 or so chickens and three dogs. I do have hen-temperature eggs available every morning, so that is an advantage sometimes. I hope this is not bad form, but I found a substitute for mascarpone cheese on another website. It's pretty simple: 1 lb cream cheese, 1/3 c sour cream, 1/4 c heavy whipping cream. Whip it good! I plan to make this cake with fresh strawberries from my Amish neighbors. Their teenage girls clean the church across the street on Wednesdays and then do a second cleaning job later in the afternoon. They park their buggy in my yard and let their horse roam the grass. We are going to sneak in a DVD movie this week and I will serve your cake. Their moms can't know about the purloined free time or the forbidden movie (it is against the Ordnung.) They like cowboy movies and love John Wayne. I think the cake will compete with one of their pinnacle dessert specialties, a jelly roll style maple/butter brickle-filling rolled up in pumpkin cake and cut into pinwheel pieces that is usually served at weddings. It is soooo heavenly. Cheers to all you fellow food fanatics! Here's the link to the mascarpone substitute to give credit: http://www.food.com/recipe/substitute-for-mascarpone-cheese-28620

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