Tiramisu Cake

📝 Ingredients

• 1 3/4 cups (245 g) all-purpose flour
• 2 1/4 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup (1 stick/115 g) unsalted butter
• 1 cup (240 ml) whole milk
• 4 large eggs
• 1 1/2 cups (300 g) granulated sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
• 1 cup (240 ml) hot espresso or strong coffee (hot water mixed with 1 tablespoon espresso powder or instant coffee powder)
• 1/4 cup (50 g) granulated sugar
• 2-4 tablespoons Marsala Wine or coffee liqueur such as Kahlua (, optional)
• 1 cup (225 g/8 oz.) mascarpone cheese
• 1/4 cup (50 g) granulated sugar
• 2 tablespoons coffee liqueur (, optional)
• 1 cup (240 ml) heavy cream
• Cocoa powder (, for dusting)

👨‍🍳 Instructions

1. 1To make the cake: Preheat oven to 350°F/180°C. Grease a 9×13-inch pan or line with parchment paper, leaving enough overhang on the sides for lifting the cake out of the pan after baking. Set aside.
2. 2In a medium bowl, sift together flour, baking powder, and salt. Set aside.
3. 3In a small saucepan, combine butter and milk over medium heat just until butter is melted. Do not let it boil. Set aside.
4. 4In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the whisk attachment, or using a hand mixer, whisk eggs on high speed until combined and starting to foam, about 1 minute. Gradually add sugar and keep whisking until tripled in volume, about 5 minutes. Beat in vanilla.
5. 5Reduce speed to medium-low and add warm milk mixture into the egg mixture in a slow, steady stream. Add flour mixture gradually and whisk just until combined.
6. 6Pour batter into prepared cake pan. Bake for 25-35 minutes until the cake springs back when slightly touched and a skewer inserted into the center comes out clean. Allow cake to cool on a wire rack for 20 minutes, then run a knife around the edges. Invert the pan onto the rack, lift it off and let the cake continue to cool on the rack.
7. 7To make the syrup: stir together hot coffee and sugar until sugar is dissolved, then add liqueur, if using. Allow to cool.
8. 8While the cake is till warm, poke lots of holes in the cake with a fork or toothpick. Brush with coffee syrup or pour the syrup over the cake slowly and gradually, allowing it to soak in. Use all the syrup.
9. 9To make the frosting: In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the whisk attachment, whisk mascarpone, sugar, and liqueur, if using, on medium speed until combined. Add heavy cream gradually, then increase the speed to high and whisk until stiff peaks form and frosting is thick. Use immediately to frost cake. Just before serving, dust frosting lightly with cocoa powder.
10. 10Keep cake in the fridge for up to 4 days.