Tiramisu Cupcake with Mascarpone cream

You may know that I love mascarpone cheese, and that the reason of my passion for Tiramisu, so it will be great to have another Tiramisu in my collection, in a cupcake form. This recipe is an adaptation from ................ have to say that the original recipe uses less Mascarpone cream (or not enough for me) but if you want to fell like having a cup of Tiramisu, lot of cream is in need. I don’t have Masala so I use Kahlua® instead (ok, I have to tell you I like Kahlua®, I can have it by its own, so it’s good to use any liqueur that you like to drink on you food). So now Tiramisu is in a form of cupcake, it’s easy to make, and more important, it’s easy to eat too.

Tiramisu Cupcake with Mascarpone cream

Makes 12 standard size cupcakes

For cupcake
1 cup	All purpose flour
1 tsp	Baking powder
½ tsp	Salt
2	Eggs, separated
¼ cup	strong black coffee
1 tbsp	Kahlua® or other brand coffee liqueur
¾ cup	Sugar
	Pinch of salt
For sprinkling
	Kahlua® or other brand coffee liqueur
For mascarpone cream
4	Egg yolks
2 tbsp	Sugar
2 tbsp	Kahlua® or other brand coffee liqueur
460g	mascarpone
For decoration
	Chocolate coated coffee bean
	Dark chocolate to grate

1. Preheat oven to 350°F.

2. Mix flour, baking powder, and salt together and set aside.

3. Beat egg yolks with ½ cup of sugar until very thick and creamy. Gradually add coffee and Kahlua® or other brand coffee liqueur beating continually. Gradually fold dry ingredients into mixture, using a whisk, set aside.

4. Beat egg whites with salt until they start to form moist peaks and gradually beat in remaining 1/4 cup sugar. Continue beating until egg whites are stiff but not dry.

Stir 3 tablespoons of the whites into yolk mixture, gently fold in remaining whites.

5. Spoon batter into 12 cupcake papers, filling about 2/3 full. Bake for about 20 minutes or until a tester inserted into the center comes out clean. Remove from oven and cool.

4. When cupcakes are cool, you can poke tops with a fork a few times and sprinkle a tablespoon of Kahlua® or other brand coffee liqueur over each cupcake.

7. To make the mascarpone cream: beat egg yolks with sugar until they are light and fluffy. Beat in Kahlua® or other brand coffee liqueur. Gradually add mascarpone, beating continually. Pile cream on cupcakes, decorate with chocolate coated coffee bean and sprinkle with chocolate.