For this weeks TWD Megan of My Baking Adventures chose Tiramisu Cake on pages 266-268.
Dories take on this is a butter cake (rather than sponge finger biscuits) soaked in coffee syrup, filled with marscopone cream and topped with more of that cream spiked with coffee extract. If you needed anything more to sweeten the deal there are shards of dark chocolate hidden between the layers.
This is a nice cake. I like the marscopone cream, in most recipes I have tried there is raw egg. Usually I don’t worry about this too much but it means I feel less comfortable letting it sit and meld for a while.
I have never managed to get a smooth marscopone cream. The curd shows through. This happens with minimal mixing as well as going hell bent for leather with the kitchen aid.
I like this cake, I am a big coffee fan. And I think it is an interesting tweak of a modern classic.
I used unbleached cake flour and think that affected the texture of the cake a bit. The soaking syrup helped quite a lot and I don’t think I would fancy the cake as much without that bit of TLC.
Now go and check out the TWD blogroll for all the other yummy cakes out there.
9 responses so far ↓
Marthe // May 5, 2009 at 10:47 pm |
I loved this recipe and agree with you that this is a great twist of the normal tiramisu!!
vibi // May 5, 2009 at 11:41 pm |
Very nicely done, Andrea! I’m glad you liked it… thanks to the TLC!
Kara // May 6, 2009 at 12:20 am |
Yummy. I agree with you about the cake – I thought it was a bit dry w/out the syrup to add moisture and flavor. I think it’s a good basic sponge cake recipe, though, if you’re going to add syrup and flavor.
chocolatechic // May 6, 2009 at 12:51 am |
My cake didn’t soak up as much as it should have.
Teanna // May 6, 2009 at 3:24 am |
Yeah, I loved the espresso syrup! Your cake looks great!
Kayte // May 6, 2009 at 11:54 pm |
Lovely, lovely, lovely…I don’t like chocolate, but it always looks amazing on whipped cream, doesn’t it? No matter…my family LOVES chocolate, and they would salute you on the use of all those lovely bits inside your cake!
Margaret // May 7, 2009 at 5:41 am |
Not a coffee lover so I didn’t make this. But yours looks lovely. And extra chocolate between layers. Wonderful!!!
Tracey // May 7, 2009 at 2:31 pm |
Your cake looks perfect! I agree – this was a yummy recipe (and I don’t normally enjoy tiramisu)!
Caitlin // May 10, 2009 at 6:52 am |
I loved the soaking syrup, it added a lot of flavor and moisture to the cake. Yours looks wonderful!