May 19, 2012

Tiramisu birthday cake

For special moments  - Tiramisu [birthday] cake...So let's start baking THIS cake! 


Ingredients:


cake:
  •  5 eggs
  •  100 grams normal sugar
  •  125 grams chocolate muesli 
  • 4 tablespoons wheat flour
  • 2 tablespoons baking powder 
  • 3 tablespoons cocoa
  • salt
 cream:
  •  4 eggs
  •  100 grams normal sugar
  •  300 grams Mascarpone
  •  120 millilitres espresso
  •  100 millilitres marsali (you can use any sweet white or rosé wine)
  •  cocoa

Directions:

  1. Preheat oven to 170 degrees C.
  2. Using an electric mixer on high speed, beat eggs, sugar, flour, muesli, baking powder, cocoa and salt.
  3. Place cake on a baking tin and bake until a cake tester inserted into center of each layer comes out clean, 20 minutes.
  4. Let cool in pan 15 minutes, after it transfer a baking tin to wire racks.; peel off parchment. Invert cakes again, and let cool completely on racks.
  5. Make cream: beat egg whites. In the second bowl mix eggs, sugar, Mascarpone and egg whites.
  6. Mix espresso with wine.
  7. Assemble cake: Place one layer on a serving plate, moisten mix of espresso with wine, spread top with cream and then sprinkle cocoa . Top with another layer - moisten mix of espresso with wine, spread top with cream and then sprinkle cocoa. Top with third layer and sprinkle the top of cake with chocolate shavings (profusely). 
  8. Refrigerate at least 8 hour. 
  9. To serve, bring cake to room temperature; slice with a serrated knife.

Bon Appétit!