Simple, Scrumptious Tiramisu Cake

Oh, My!

I made a cake yesterday-

a super simple, super scrumptious Tiramisu Cake.

I love cake and I love baking.

I especially love baking, because I love anything I can claim to be "cooking" 

while I'm actually sitting, reading blogs on my iPad.

So, a super simple, super scrumptious cake recipe is Just*Grand!

I want to thank all the people who ever posted their Tiramisu recipes on the internet

because I think I read all of them, looking for exactly what I wanted to make.

I didn't find it, but I got inspired.

In my "research"  

I learned that Traditional Tiramisu calls for delicate little finger cakes called Ladyfingers 

which are delicious, but not always available at my usual grocery stores.

It also contains a heavenly filling using Mascarpone cheese, a sweet, light creamy cheese,

and sometimes rum and coffee flavors.

I had recently made a Mascarpone Frosting for another dessert 

and wanted to try it in a Tiramisu.

I had a yellow cake mix on hand.

And chocolate liquor.

And Instant coffee.

Voila!

I made the yellow cake according to the package directions.

Then I mixed a heaping Tablespoon of instant coffee into a Tablespoon of boiling water.

I added the coffee mixture to 3/4 cup of chocolate liquor.

After the cake had cooled a bit, I poked holes all over the tops of the cake layers 

while they were still in the pans. 

Then I drizzled the coffee/chocolate liquor mixture over the tops of the layers. 

I didn't quite need all of the chocolate liquor mixture, 

so I enjoyed sipping that while the cake cooled.

Winning!

After the layers had cooled completely, 

I frosted the cake with the mascarpone frosting (recipe follows)

and shaved a chocolate candy bar over the top.

Mmmmmm! 

Delicious!

Here's how to make the frosting:

1  8 oz container of Mascarpone cheese

1 cup heavy whipping cream

1/2 cup confectioners sugar

1 tsp vanilla

Mix all ingredients together in a medium bowl 

and beat with an electric mixer about 4 or 5 minutes, 

until it has a frosting like consistancy and forms stiff peaks.

This frosting is so easy to make 

and is lighter than cream cheese frosting, and less tangy, 

so it would work on a lot of cakes where cream cheese icing might not.

It has a great consistancy for piping, too.

And it's so good.

Here's a slice of heaven!

Doesn't it look pretty on my Mom's gorgeous Limoge plates?

One of my most cherished recipes is from my Mom,

for a Chocolate Heath Bar Trifle.

She didn't bake much- she was busy decorating and collecting.

You can read about her here.

The recipe is handwritten by her and she mailed it to me years ago.

And it ends with the words, "Oh, My!"

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