Tiramisu Cupcakes
Ingredients:
Vanilla Cupcakes: Filling: Icing:
1 cup of Caster Sugar 250g Mascarpone cheese 250g softened butter
180g softened butter ½ cup Whipped Cream 250g cream cheese
4 Eggs 2 Egg Yolks 750g sifted icing sugar
2 tsp Vanilla extract ½ Cup Caster Sugar
4 tbsps. milk ½ cup instant coffee (cooled)
2 cups self-raising flour
Method:
Cupcakes: Cream the butter and caster sugar using a mixer, until light and fluffy. Add the eggs in, one at a time, mixing well between each addition. Next add the vanilla extract, and mix through well. Sift the flour into the mixture a little at a time until combined. Then add the milk, and mix through, to form a cupcake batter. Bake at 180 degrees Celsius until golden brown.
Filling: Beat the egg yolks and sugar, until light and creamy. Add the mascarpone and whipped cream, and fold through the egg yolk mixture.
Icing: Whip the butter until light and fluffy. Add the cream cheese, and continue to whip until combined. Then beat the sifted icing sugar into the mixture.
Assembly:
- Core the cupcakes, and keep the core to one side.
- Add a teaspoon or two of coffee into the cored cupcake, and allow the coffee to absorb into the cake.
- Fill a piping bag with the mascarpone filling, and pipe the filling into the centre of each cupcake.
- Cover the filling with the core of the cupcake that was previously set aside.
- Fill a new piping bag with the icing mixture, and pipe the icing on top of each cupcake. I used a Loyal 2D (closed star medium tip).
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