Tiramisù is my always favorite dessert, however I never been able to translate the tiramisù dessert taste into cupcakes. Until now! :)
Before I had always tiramisù cupcakes taste more like coffee cupcakes or mascarpone cupcakes; vanilla cakes with coffee and a splash of mascarpone cupcakes! Not for this recipes! Give a try and let me know! And try to stick with the ingredients, I'm pretty sure make the difference! Enjoy your baking time!
Below you can find the recipe and a quick tutorial! scroll down! :)
Delicious Tiramisù cupcakes recipes:
Serves: 12 cupcakes
preparation & baking time: about 50 min.
For the vanilla cake (base):
- 60 ml of milk
- 1 vanilla bean (pod)
- 60 gr. of unsalted butter
- 175 gr. of all purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon of baking powder
- 1 pinch of salt
- 3 eggs
- 3 egg yolks
- 150 gr. of caster sugar
For the coffee syrup:
- 4 teaspoon of instant coffee
- 45 gr. of caster sugar
- (optional: 30 ml of Marsala or other sweet wine)
For the Mascarpone cream:
- 240 gr. of whipped cream
- 230 gr. of Mascarpone cheese
- 50 gr. of powdered sugar
For the decoration:
- powder bitter chocolate
- bitter chocolate drops
A>vanilla cake (base):
- Preheat the owen at 160°C
- mix in a bowl the flour, baking powder and salt, set aside
- pour the milk into a saucepan
- scrape out the vanilla pod seeds and add both (vanilla pod & seeds) into the milk
- bring to boil
- take the saucepan out from heat
- add the butter and stir until completely melted
- remove the vanilla pod
- set aside
- prepare a pan full of boiled water
- in a heatproof bowl pour the eggs, the yolks and the sugar
- put the heatproof bowl above the boiling water
- stir for 5/6 minute until the sugar is completely dissolve (be careful: the mixture should be warm but not hot or cook!)
- remove the pan from water bath
- then with the mixer, whip at high speed for 6 minutes until the dough result bulky
- then put the mixer on slow-medium speed and add the flour mixture gently
- when all flour is added and incorporated add the milk blend
- mix until you get a soft dough
- fill the cupcakes cup
- bake for about 20 minutes
B>coffee syrup:
- make the coffee
- add the sugar and stir until dissolved
- (if you choose the Marsala version add it now)
- let cool down before using
C>mascarpone cream:
- whipping the cream, set aside
- mix at medium-high speed the mascarpone
- meanwhile add the powdered sugar
- stop the mixer and with a spoon gently add the whipped cream
D>assemble & decoration:
check the photos too for this tutorial! :)
- cut a piece of cake from the center of the baked cupcakes you already pulled out of the owen and cool down
- dip the cut piece into the coffee, must be well wet
- with a spoon drop some coffee into the cavity of the cupcake
- fill the cavity with a half teaspoon of mascarpone cream
- cover the cavity with the wet piece of cake
- spread the mascarpone cream on top of the cupcakes
- sprinkle the cupcakes with bitter chocolate powder
- decorate with the bitter chocolate drops
ENJOY YOUR TIRAMISU' CUPCAKES WITH PEOPLE
YOU LOVE! !!