Tiramisu Cupcakes (Cupcake Hero)

Friday, September 26, 2008

Tiramisu Cupcakes (Cupcake Hero)

Our good friend Nate had a birthday coming up. His favorite dessert is Tiramisu so I decided to make some Tiramisu cupcakes. These little guys really taste like Tiramisu and are quite tasty. They got soggy the next day. I must have gone a little overboard with the coffee/Kahlua mixture when assembling the cupcakes.

Since this cupcake fits the requirements for CH this month, I was really excited to make them. I love getting two birds with one stone! I’m sure there will be some amazingly creative combinations of flavors this month, but I’m sticking with combos that I know work… This cupcake actually has 3 of the cupcake hero previous themes: coffee, liquor, and cocoa.

When assembling these, Hubby and I made an assembly line of sorts. He did the cheese filling and cake crumbs and I did the liquid and cocoa powder. It worked quite well.

Tiramisu Cupcakes – from Lots of Sprinkles – makes 12
Your favorite vanilla cupcake recipe or a box or vanilla cake mix
2 eggs
250g mascarpone cheese
1 heaped tablespoon powdered sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 heaped tablespoon espresso coffee (more if you’d like a stronger coffee taste)
1 cup boiling water
2 tablespoons Kaluha (or any other coffee/ chocolate liquor)
1 tablespoon caster sugar
Cocoa powder

Mix the vanilla cupcake batter following the instructions on the pack. Fill the cupcake cup with about 3/4 batter. Bake for about 15 to 20 mins until an inserted skewer comes out clean.

When the cupcakes have cooled, carve a large hole in the middle. Crumble the carved bits and keep in a separate bowl.

Tiramisu Filling
Separate the eggs. Mix the yolks, mascarpone cheese, vanilla extract and icing sugar together.

Mix the espresso coffee with the boiling water. Allow to cool before adding the liquor.

Beat egg whites until soft peaks form. Add the caster sugar and continue beating until it is mixed in.

Fold the mascarpone mixture into the egg whites.

Assembling the Cupcake
Drizzle the coffee and liquor mixture along the sides and bottom of the cupcake.

Scoop a small amount of the tiramisu filling into the bottom of the cupcake and sprinkle some cocoa powder.

Add a layer of the crumbed bits and drizzle with coffee mixture. Cover with tiramisu filling and coca power.

Repeat this process until the cupcake hole is filled. Spread the remaining tiramisu filling on top of the cupcake and sprinkle with cocoa powder.

Cupcakes, Dessert

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31 Responses to “Salted Dark Chocolate Truffle Cookies”

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Eva @ Eva Bakes — May 3, 2013 at 8:29 am

Dark chocolate truffles in cookie form? Um, YES!!! I’ll take a dozen for myself and another dozen for later, please.
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Erica @ In and Around Town — May 3, 2013 at 10:52 am
Wow – these sound good! and I truly do not understand how people can just “not be into chocolate!” It is my favorite!
- beantownbaker — May 8th, 2013 @ 8:26 pm
  
  Yea, I really don’t get it either. Oh well, more for me!
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Rosie @ Blueberry Kitchen — May 3, 2013 at 12:38 pm
Oh wow, chocolate truffle cookies sound divine! These look ridiculously good! Love that they’re salted too!
- beantownbaker — May 8th, 2013 @ 8:27 pm
  
  I have been sprinkling salt on all of my cookies recently. It makes them much more adult and less super-sweet.
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Brooke Schweers — May 3, 2013 at 10:42 pm

Yum these look divine!
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tracy {pale yellow} — May 4, 2013 at 8:21 am
I’m always in need of a chocolate fix! I have several friends that claim they are not chocolate people, yet I find whenever I make something chocolate + salt, they are all over it!
- beantownbaker — May 8th, 2013 @ 8:28 pm
  
  I definitely find that people who claim they aren’t chocolate people rarely say no to any homemade baked goods. Chocolate or otherwise.
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Nutmeg Nanny — May 5, 2013 at 4:16 pm

Oh my! These look divine 🙂 I’d love to make these babies soon!
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Shannon — May 6, 2013 at 1:41 pm
these look amazing!! and how thick that batter is 🙂 love the sea salt!
- beantownbaker — May 8th, 2013 @ 8:29 pm
  
  The batter was basically ganache. You could have just made truffles from it directly.
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ErinsFoodFiles — May 6, 2013 at 4:15 pm

I love any and all things dark chocolate. These look so decadent!
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best friend rings — May 7, 2013 at 11:07 am
I’m curious to find out what blog platform you’re working with?
I’m having some minor security problems with my latest blog and I’d like to find something
more safeguarded. Do you have any suggestions?
- beantownbaker — June 10th, 2013 @ 12:56 pm
  
  I use WordPress
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Jane — May 13, 2013 at 6:55 pm

Wow! Those look so perfectly decadent! I’m practically drooling on my screen 😉
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Amy — May 16, 2013 at 9:29 pm
Just made these. Worried I didn’t bake them long enough… however they still tasted divine. Waiting to get the verdict from my husband on them.
- beantownbaker — June 10th, 2013 @ 12:11 pm
  
  I think underbaking these sounds like a great idea. I might have to do that next time.
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Rachita — June 4, 2013 at 11:09 pm
Since I’m trying this recipe for the first time, can I halve the entire recipe?
- beantownbaker — June 10th, 2013 @ 12:12 pm
  
  Sorry for not getting back to you sooner. I didn’t see this comment until now! I don’t see why you couldn’t make a half batch of these cookies. Did you try it? How did they turn out?
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Joan — June 9, 2013 at 10:08 am
These are the most amazing chocolate cookies I have ever made. Everyone with whom I have shared them have gone absolutly nuts and want the recipe. I do not wet my hands when rolling the cookies into balls—too messy. I just let my hands get sticky and rinse and dry them after making several balls. This is one of the best recipes on Pinterest.
- beantownbaker — June 10th, 2013 @ 12:13 pm
  
  Thanks for the kind words! So glad you enjoy these cookies. I was wondering if getting my hands wet actually helped with the messiness very much. Next time I’ll be sure to just go at it without dealing with the water.
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Rachita — June 18, 2013 at 9:31 am
Hey! I tried halving the recipe…but it melted while in the oven. Became runny & all of them just stuck together 🙁
I tried just one batch. Anything I can do to fix the remaining batter?
- beantownbaker — June 18th, 2013 @ 4:01 pm
  
  Interesting… How did you account for half of an egg? And is your baking powder past it’s expiration date?
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Rachita — June 18, 2013 at 11:42 pm
Ohh! Looks like I’ve added a lil too much egg. Damn! Any way I can fix the batter? Add more flour perhaps? Plz help!
- beantownbaker — June 19th, 2013 @ 7:12 am
  
  I’d add a little more flour to see if you can balance out the extra amount of egg in there.
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Rachita — June 20, 2013 at 6:49 am
I added 1/4 cup more flour & a teensy bit of baking powder to my messed up batter & they came out wonderfully! They’re so gooey & yumm that my husband & son (who never eats chocolate!) finished six cookies at one go!
Amazing recipe!! Thank you so much for your help, I appreciate it !
- beantownbaker — June 20th, 2013 @ 7:00 am
  
  Oh GOOD! So glad you were able to make them work. Aren’t they divine?
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Rachita — June 20, 2013 at 7:17 am
U bet! They are sinfully delicious! Sent some in my son’s snack pack & I have mommies calling for these cookies!
I’m officially ur No.1 fan now! 🙂
- beantownbaker — June 20th, 2013 @ 7:18 am
  
  Aww Thanks! 🙂
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Emily — June 27, 2013 at 6:59 am
Hi, I was wondering if I could put them in the freezer instead of the fridge for a shorter period of time? If so, how long should I put them in the freezer for instead of the fridge?
- beantownbaker — June 27th, 2013 @ 8:06 am
  
  Hm. You could definitely try it. I would think it’s still going to need an hour or so in the freezer since you want it to set up pretty well. Let me know how it turns out if you do.