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Tirami Su Pick Me Up Cake

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Recipe

 

Yield

8 servings

Prep

30 min

Cook

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Ready

3 hrs
Low Fat, Fat-Free, Low in Saturated Fat, Low Cholesterol, Cholesterol-Free, Trans-fat Free, Sodium-Free, Low Sodium

Ingredients

Amount Measure Ingredient Features
2 each egg yolks
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½ cup sugar
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1 cup mascarpone cheese
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1 pint heavy whipping cream
chilled
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1 teaspoon vanilla extract
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1 each sponge cake
sliced into 3 layers
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¼ cup sugar
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¾ cup espresso, brewed
or strong coffee
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1 ounce rum
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2 tablespoons cocoa powder
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Ingredients

Amount Measure Ingredient Features
2 each egg yolks
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118 ml sugar
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237 ml mascarpone cheese
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473 ml heavy whipping cream
chilled
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5 ml vanilla extract
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1 each sponge cake
sliced into 3 layers
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59 ml sugar
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177 ml espresso, brewed
or strong coffee
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28.9 ml/g rum
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3E+1 ml cocoa powder
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Directions

The first set of ingredients is for the filling.

1) Whisk egg yolks and ¼ cup of sugar together. Whisk in the Mascarpone cheese.

2) In a seperate bowl, whip the cream, the rest of the sugar and the vanilla until almost stiff - no peaks.

3) Fold the Mascarpone cheese mixture in to the whipped cream and continue to whip, until stiff.

Set aside.

4) Make a fully dissolved syrup with ¼ cup sugar, 2 tablespoon water, espresso and rum.

5) Brush a layer of sponge cake with the espresso mixture with a spatula, smooth about a ½ inch thick layer of the mascarpone cheese mixture on top.

Brush the second layer with espresso, and place it espressso side down on the first layer.

Brush the top with espresso.

Spread on another ½ inch of the mascarpone cheese mixture. repeat the procedure with the third layer of cake.

Cover the top and sides of the cakes with thin layer of the mascarpone filling.

6) With a sieve and a spoon, sprinkle the top of the cake with cocoa powder.

Cover the sides of the cake with chocolate shavings.

Refrigerate at least three hours.

This cake does not hold up well when exposed to any heat, so keep it cool.



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Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 24g (0.8 oz)
Amount per Serving
Calories 842% from fat
 % Daily Value *
Total Fat 0g 0%
Saturated Fat 0g 1%
Trans Fat 0g
Cholesterol 0mg 0%
Sodium 1mg 0%
Total Carbohydrate 6g 6%
Dietary Fiber 0g 2%
Sugars g
Protein 1g
Vitamin A 0% Vitamin C 0%
Calcium 0% Iron 1%
* based on a 2,000 calorie diet How is this calculated?
 

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