Chocolate Top-Deck Tiramisu Cupcakes  

Tiramisu is my ultimate all-time favorite dessert ever. The only thing with traditional Tiramisu is that its not the easiest thing to eat – a bowl/plate as well as a spoon is a must. Unlike a slice or cupcake Tiramisu can really only be eaten sitting at a table.

So I decided that I would come up with a recipe that tastes like the traditional treat but as a cupcake.

For the cupcake recipe, I modified my never fail white chocolate and dark chocolate wedding cake recipes with the coffee and marsala flavor combo, as well as staying true to the traditional mascarpone cheese for my ‘icing’.

Though I have included the mix of white and dark chocolate in this recipe, in which is not traditional for this dessert, the chocolate batter works flawlessly with the traditional flavors.

Ingredients:

White chocolate layer:

• 85g butter
• 85g white chocolate
• 130g sugar
• 150ml water
• 105g self-raising flour
• 65ml milk
• 1 egg

Dark chocolate layer:

• 85g butter
• 85g dark chocolate
• 130g sugar
• 150ml water
• 20g cocoa powder
• 85g self-raising flour
• 10ml marsala
• 55ml expresso coffee
• 1 egg

Syrup:

• 30ml marsala
• 30ml expresso coffee
• 15g sugar

Icing:

• 200g mascarpone cheese
• 35g icing sugar
• 25ml marsala
• 2 tsn expresso coffee

Method:

1. Pre-heat the oven to 160c degrees and line an 8-capacity cupcake tray with patty cases.
2. Spray the patty cases with oil spray.
3. In a saucepan on the stove melt the butter, chocolate, sugar and water on medium heat until smooth and glossy.
4. Pour the room temperature chocolate mix, milk and egg into a bowl.
5. Sift the flour to the chocolate mix and whisk with a hand whisk until smooth.
6. Spoon the mix into the prepared patty cases until 1/3 full.
7. Place the tin in the freezer for 10 minutes to slightly firm.
8. Meanwhile make the dark chocolate batter by placing the butter, chocolate, sugar and water into a saucepan on medium heat until smooth and glossy.
9. Pour the room temperature chocolate mix, expresso and egg into a bowl.
10. Sift in the flour and cocoa powder into the chocolate mix and whisk with a hand whisk until smooth.
11. Take the tin out of the freezer and spoon the dark chocolate mix into the prepared patty cases until they are 2/3rds full.
12. Place the cupcake tin in the oven and bake for 20 minutes or until a skewer inserted in the center comes out clean.
13. Leave the cupcakes in the tin for 5 minutes before placing onto a cooling rack to cool completely.
14. Meanwhile make the syrup by placing the ingredient into a bowl and heating in the microwave until bubbling, leave aside.
15. Brush the syrup on top of the cupcakes with a pastry brush and remove the patty cases.
16. Make the icing by placing all the icing ingredients into a bowl and using electric beats whisk until the mix thickens.
17. Spoon the icing into a piping bag with a circle nozzle and pipe on top of the cupcakes.
18. Finish the cakes with a dust of cocoa powder and some grated white chocolate.

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