Ingredients
- 1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons espresso coffee
- 1/4 cup plus tablespoons hot water
- 3 tablespoons Grand Marnier
- 1 cup Mascarpone cheese
- 2 tablespoons Marsala
- 3 eggs yolks
- 3 tablespoons sugar
- 3 cups heavy cream, sweetened and whipped
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 3 egg whites
- Pinch of salt
- 1 prepared sponge sheet cake
- Shaker of cocoa powder
- Shaker of powdered sugar
Directions
In a mixing bowl, whisk the espresso, water and Grand Marnier together, set aside.
In a mixing bowl, combine the Mascarpone and Marsala together and beat until smooth.
In a medium bowl beat the eggs, yolks, and 3 tablespoons of the sugar together until smooth, set over a hot water bath and beat for 3 minutes until light and foamy.
Remove from the heat, and without waiting beat this mixture into the Mascarpone mixture. Set aside.
In two small additions, fold about 1/3 of the Mascarpone mixture into 2 cups whipped cream.
Then fold the whipped cream into the remaining Mascarpone mixture. Set side.
In a standing electric mixer, beat the egg whites and salt on medium speed until foamy.
Increase the speed and add the remaining 3 tablespoons sugar, beat until glossy, not dry.
Fold the egg whites, all at once into the Mascarpone mixture.
Cut the sponge cake into thirds crosswise. Place one layer of the sponge cake in a large loaf pan or a pan the size of the piece of sponge cake. Moisten the cake with a third of the espresso mixture.
Top with a third of the Mascarpone mixture, spreading it out evenly.
Sprinkle generously with cocoa powder, and powdered sugar. Top with the other half of the sponge cake layer. Moisten with the a third of the espresso mixture. Top with a third Mascarpone mixture, spreading evenly. sprinkle generously with the cocoa powder, and powdered sugar.
Top the Mascarpone mixture with the remaining sponge cake. Moisten the cake with the remaining espresso mixture.
Spread the cake with the remaining Mascarpone mixture.
Top the cake with the remaining whipped cream. Garnish the cake with espresso powder and espresso beans Refrigerate the cake, uncovered for 2 hours
















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By fredbaby_6347103
San Francisco, CA
on January 02, 2007
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This one is a little tricky but really worth it - and is crazy good! I use store-bought lady fingers instead of sheet cake.
By Chef #931433
Anchorage, AK
on May 20, 2006
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I felt that as a fairly experienced cook, this recipe would be easy to follow, but once into it, I found multiple problems, making it very difficult to determine the quantities of ingredients. Error one--beat eggs and yolks. I believe I used an extra 3 eggs in the recipe because I was figuring out as I went, making a really wierd light desert. Error 2--use of 3 tablespoons of sugar twice. Error 3--no clue how big the sponge cake was supposed to be. When I was done, my tiramisu was 6" deep. Error 4--Not sure if whipped cream measure was before whipping or after. I whipped 3 cups of heavy cream, as directed, and had about 5 cups more left than seemed reasonable.
By designlab_4007261
meredith, NH
on May 01, 2006
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I've made this twice and both times it was gobbled up like crazy. I didn't have marsala, so I subed a mix of Tia Maria & Brandy. Excellent!!
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