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    Home » Boozy

    Tiramisu Cupcakes

    Published: Mar 7, 2012 · by Elizabeth Waterson · This post may contain affiliate links, which may pay me a small commission for my referral at no extra cost to you! Thank you for supporting Confessions of a Baking Queen!

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    Taking the classic dessert and making a Tiramisu cupcake. Soaked in coffee and Kahlua with a gorgeous mascarpone frosting.

    Tiramisu Cupcake on a white plate

    Tiramisu is one of my ALL time favorite desserts. Years ago I worked at an Italian restaurant and the owner made homemade Tiramisu, that was when I first fell in love. A few nights a week I would take a nice (large) piece home to devour. I justified doing it so often by sharing with my mother 🙂

    The restaurant eventually closed down and I was left with no tiramisu! I searched for a delicious one but some were too soggy, too dry, the mascarpone flavor didn't come through...etc. Well, I have now found my favorite Tiramisu from a local restaurant Roman Cucina! Their pasta dishes are delicious as well. If you are in the Orange County area go check it out! 

    So back to my love of tiramisu- here is a cupcake that is wonderful! I even layered some chocolate in between the cupcake and frosting 🙂 YUM!

    ★★★★★ Please let me know if you make this recipe by leaving a star rating and comment below!

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    Tiramisu Cupcake on a white plate

    Tiramisu Cupcakes

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    Taking the classic dessert and making a Tiramisu cupcake. Soaked in coffee and Kahlua with a gorgeous mascarpone frosting.
     
    • Total Time: 50 minutes
    • Yield: 30 Cupcakes

    Ingredients

    Cupcakes:
    1 ¾ cups plus 2tbsp cake flour
    1 ¼ teaspoon baking powder
    ¾ teaspoon salt
    6 tablespoon milk
    1 vanilla bean split lengthwise
    6 tablespoon unsalted butter at room temperature
    5 large eggs plus 4 large egg yolks
    1 ½ cups sugar

    Syrup
    1 cup freshly brewed espresso (or very strong coffee)
    5 tablespoon Kahlua
    9 tablespoon sugar

    Chocolate layer
    ¾ cup semi-sweet chocolate chips

    Frosting
    1 ½ cups heavy cream
    12 oz mascarpone cheese at room temperature
    1 ¼ cups confectioners' sugar

    Instructions

    Cupcakes

    1. Preheat oven to 325F. Line cupcake pans with liners. In a medium-sized bowl combine the cake flour(sifted), baking powder and salt. Whisk to blend. Set aside. Put a small saucepan over medium heat and add milk, vanilla bean seeds, and the bean. Heat until the mixture bubbles around the edge, and let it stand for 15 minutes. Remove the vanilla bean pod. 
    2. In the bowl of an electric add eggs, egg yolks, and sugar and whisk until just blended. Put mixing bowl over a medium saucepan of simmering water. Whisk occasionally until sugar is dissolved and the mixture is warm about 6 minutes. Remove bowl from saucepan and place back in the electric mixer and whisk until mixture is fluffy, pale yellow and thick enough that it ribbons. 
    3.  Fold the flour mixture into the egg mixture in 3 additions. Stir ¾ cup of the batter into the milk mixture to thicken it. Then fold the milk mixture into the batter. Fill cupcake lined pan evenly and bake for 20 minutes. Rotate the cupcakes halfway through and take out when the edges are light golden brown and the cupcakes are set. Let the cupcake pan sit on a wire rack to cool for 5 minutes then transfer cupcakes to a wire rack. 

    Topping

    1.  In a small bowl mix together sugar, Kahlua, and espresso. Set aside. Use a metal skewer to poke holes in the cupcakes. Take the syrup and use a pastry brush to brush the syrup all over the top of the cupcakes. 
    2.  Use a double boiler or a bowl over simmering water to melt semi-sweet chocolate chips. Melt them until they are shiny and stir together. While melting cover a cookie sheet with wax paper. Once chocolate is melted add to a piping bag with small round tip and create zigzag designs or circles. Put in the fridge to harden. 

     Frosting 

    1. In the bowl of an electric mixer on medium-high speed whisk the heavy whipping cream. Once hard peaks are formed scrape the cream out into a clean bowl.
    2. Put the bowl (not cleaned) back in the electric mixer and use the paddle attachment to mix the mascarpone cheese and sifted confectioners' sugar together until its light and fluffy. (Note: Make sure the mascarpone is at room temperature otherwise the frosting will have little balls of mascarpone.) Gently fold in the whipped cream into the mascarpone mixture until combined. I piped the frosting onto the cupcakes with a large round tip but you can get creative and use any tip or even use a knife to spread it on:). Sprinkle with unsweetened cocoa powder.

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    Notes

    Reciepe adapted from Martha Stewart

    • Author: Elizabeth @ Confessions of a Baking Queen
    • Prep Time: 30 Minutes
    • Cook Time: 20 Minutes
    • Category: Dessert
    • Method: Bake
    • Cuisine: American

    Keywords: tiramisu cake recipe, tiramisu cupcakes, tiramisu dessert recipes

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