Tiramisú layer cakes

Australian Gourmet Traveller recipe for tiramisú layer cakes.

📝 Ingredients

• 65 gm softened butter
• 110 gm (1/2 cup) raw caster sugar
• 1 egg
• 110 gm plain flour
• 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 30 ml espresso coffee
• 30 ml milk
• To serve: Dutch-process cocoa
• Espresso syrup
• 110 gm (1/2 cup) raw caster sugar
• 70 ml espresso
• 40 ml Tia Maria or chocolate liqueur
• Whipped mascarpone
• 2 egg yolks
• 40 gm raw caster sugar
• 400 gm mascarpone

👨‍🍳 Instructions

1. 11.: Preheat oven to 170C. Beat butter and sugar in an electric mixer until pale and fluffy (2-3 minutes). Add egg, beat well. Sift over flour and baking powder, stir to combine, add espresso and milk and stir to combine. Spread in a greased and baking paper-lined 26cm x 35cm baking tray, smoothing top. Bake until golden and cake springs back when lightly pressed with fingertip (15-20 minutes), cool completely on a wire rack.
2. 22.: Meanwhile, for espresso syrup, stir sugar and espresso in a small saucepan over medium-high heat until sugar dissolves. Bring to the boil, remove from heat, stir in liqueur, cool to room temperature and set aside.
3. 33.: Meanwhile, for whipped mascarpone, whisk egg yolks and sugar in a bowl until pale and creamy (1-2 minutes), add mascarpone. Whisk until thick and smooth (don't overwhisk), spoon into a piping bag (no nozzle), refrigerate until required.
4. 44.: To assemble, place six 6cm-high, 5.5cm-diameter cake rings (see note) on a baking paper-lined tray. Cut eighteen 5.5cm-diameter rounds from cake and place a cake round in the base of each mould. Brush with syrup, pipe a 5mm layer of whipped mascarpone on top. Dust with cocoa, top with another cake round and brush with syrup. Repeat until you've used all cake rounds, finishing with a layer of mascarpone. Cover and refrigerate for 2 hours.
5. 55.: To serve, run a small knife dipped in hot water around rings and remove. Dust tops of cakes with cocoa, serve immediately with extra espresso syrup if desired. Cakes will keep for up to 3 days in an airtight container in the refrigerator.