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Ultimate Tiramisu Layer Cake with Silky Mascarpone Frosting | Coffee‑Soaked Italian Dessert You Can Master at Home

This elegant Tiramisu Cake features layers of espresso, cocoa, and vanilla sponge soaked in coffee syrup and frosted with a luscious mascarpone cream. The ombre-style frosting adds a stunning visual to this rich and delicious dessert.

Ingredients

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  • 280 g unsalted butter, room temperature (1 ¼ cups)
  • 280 g golden caster sugar (1 ¼ cups + 2 tbsp)
  • 280 g all-purpose flour (2 ¼ cups + 1 tbsp)
  • 2 ¼ teaspoons baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon fine sea salt
  • 5 eggs
  • 60 ml milk (¼ cup)
  • ½ vanilla pod seeds scraped or 2 tsp extract
  • 1 ½ tablespoons espresso powder
  • 1 ½ tablespoons cocoa powder
  • 2 tablespoons espresso powder (for syrup)
  • 100 g golden caster sugar (½ cup, for syrup)
  • 120 ml water (½ cup, for syrup)
  • 750 g mascarpone (26 oz)
  • 125 g icing sugar (1 cup, sifted)
  • 1–2 tablespoons milk
  • ½ vanilla pod or 1 tsp extract
  • 1 teaspoon espresso powder (for frosting)
  • 25 g 70% dark chocolate (1 oz)
  • Cocoa powder for dusting

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350°F (180°C). Grease and line 2 or 4 six-inch cake tins.
  2. Prepare the cake batter using either a food processor or a hand/stand mixer method. Combine dry ingredients, then add eggs, milk, and vanilla. Mix until just combined. Do not overmix.
  3. Divide the batter into three parts: half and two quarters. Add espresso powder to the largest portion and cocoa powder to one quarter, leaving the last plain.
  4. Bake the espresso cake layers first for 25 minutes or until a skewer comes out clean. Cool on wire racks. Repeat for chocolate and vanilla layers using cleaned pans.
  5. Make the coffee syrup by boiling espresso powder, sugar, and water. Stir until dissolved and let cool.
  6. Make the mascarpone frosting by mixing mascarpone, icing sugar, vanilla, and 1–2 tbsp milk until smooth. Divide into three portions. Add melted chocolate to one, espresso powder to another, and leave one plain.
  7. Level cake layers and soak each with coffee syrup. Layer cakes as follows: chocolate cake with vanilla frosting, coffee cake with frosting, second coffee cake with frosting, and vanilla cake on top. Add a crumb coat and refrigerate for 15 minutes.
  8. Create ombre effect by applying chocolate frosting to the bottom quarter, coffee frosting to the middle, and vanilla frosting to the top and topmost layers. Smooth or leave rustic as desired.
  9. Dust the top generously with cocoa powder and serve. Store leftovers in the refrigerator.

Notes

  • Use room temperature ingredients for best mixing consistency.
  • Weigh batter for even layer distribution and better ombre effect.
  • A turntable makes frosting smoother, but a rustic finish is just as beautiful.
  • Don’t overmix the batter to maintain cake lightness.
  • Frosting can be adjusted to taste with more or less sugar/milk as needed.

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