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Lady Fingers for Tiramisu (8” Round)
Yellow Cake
Ingredients
- 9oz Butter, room temp
- 3 cup Sugar
- 6 Eggs
- 1 cup Sour cream
- 1.5 tsp Vanilla
- 3 cup Flour
- .25 cup cornstarch
- 1tsp Salt
- 1 tsp Baking Soda
Directions
- Heat oven to 320 degrees. Line 2 – 8” cake pans with parchment
- Cream the butter and sugar in a bowl. Mix on high speed until light and fluffy.
- On medium speed add eggs, 2 at a time. Then add sour cream and vanilla. Scrape down the sides and stir until smooth
- Sift together flour, cornstarch, salt, and baking soda in a bowl. With the mixer on low add the flour mix to the butter mix until combined.
- Fill the pan with batter. Bake 20-30 minutes. Cool to room temp and refrigerate before using
Zablaglione Custard
Ingredients
- 1.9 cups Marsala
- .5 cups sugar
- 1.1 cups egg yolks
Directions
- Combine sugar and egg in a large bowl, then add Marsala and cook over a double boiler. Whisking constantly until it reaches 160°F.
- Cool for 4+ hours, stirring occasionally.
Ingredients
- 2# Mascarpone cheese – room temp
- 1-quart heavy cream
- 1 cup confectionary sugar
Directions
- Whip cream with sugar and set aside.
- In another bowl with a paddle, mix mascarpone slightly, mix in cool Marsala custard all at once and pulse in the mixer.
- Then gradually add whip cream, scraping the bowl.
Assembly of Tiramisu
Directions
- Use cool cake layers, on a parchment-lined cake pan, place the top side of the cake down. Brush with coffee syrup
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- .5 cup coffee
- ¼ cup sugar
- .5 cup coffee liquor
- Add half the bowl of filling on top of the cake and spread evenly
- Sift cocoa over the top.
- Add 2nd layer of cake and brush with syrup and top with remaining bowl of filling.
- Cocoa on top, then freeze.
- Warm sides, tap the cake out of the cake pan
- Adhere lady fingers around the side of the cake with whip cream, and finish off the top with whip cream.