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Tiramisu Cupcakes

Serves/Yields: 24
Prep. Time: 15 for filling
Cook Time: 20 (baking)
Category: Cupcakes
Difficulty: Moderate

This is a fun way to serve tiramisu. The filling can be used in cakes that are refrigerated, and the coffee-rum syrup can also be used as the liquid in your favorite buttercream recipe to make a delicious filling for wedding and fondant cakes.

Coffee-rum Syrup:

1/2 cup water
2 T fresh ground coffee
2 T sugar
2 T rum (not extract)

Tiramisu Filling:
8 oz. cream cheese, softened
3 T sugar
1/8 tsp. salt
3 T coffee-rum syrup
2 T heavy cream, plus 3/4 cup
3 T powdered sugar
2 oz. dark chocolate, grated

First, make Coffee-Rum Syrup:

Brew coffee in small coffee maker. Once it is made, and still hot, add 2 T sugar. Stir until dissolved. Blend in 2 T rum. Set aside.

For wedding and fondant cakes: just add coffee-rum syrup as liquid to your favorite buttercream recipe (instead of water, cream, milk, and/or extracts). Brush cake with additional syrup before filling.

Otherwise, Beat cream-cheese, sugar, salt, syrup, and @ T heavy cream, on medium-high until creamy, without lumps.

In a separate bowl, whip 3/4 cup heavy cream and 3 T powdered sugar until mixture forms stiff peaks. (Pre-chill bowl to help process).

Fold whipped cream gently into cream-cheese mixture. Chill if needed to set up.

For cupcakes: bake 24 of your favorite almond or white cake cupcakes. Remove paper liners. Place each cupcake in a glass serving dish, clear solo cup, or group together on a pretty glass tray. Cut each cupcake in half, horizontally (torte them). Brush each bottom half with coffee-rum syrup, cover with one heaping T of filling, sprinkle with grated chocolate, and cover with top half of cupcake. Brush top half with syrup, cover with 1 heaping T of filling, and sprinkle with grated chocolate. Refrigerate 4 hours or overnight.

For full-sized cakes: brush torted cake with remaining coffee-rum syrup. Fill with cream filling. Cover wth grated dark chocolate.

Makes 3 cups. This is a soft, creamy filling that needs to be kept refrigerated. Use the butter-cream version for wedding and fondant cakes.

Nutrition Information

Well, I suppose there's lot of calcium in this!

Source: compilation of various recipies

Contributed by: Petit-four on Wednesday, March 05. 2008 at 07:45:29

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