Skip to Content

Kahlua Tiramisu Cake

Chocolate Kahlua Tiramisu Cake

 
Chocolate Kahlua Tiramisu Cake

Well it’s certainly been a busy month for me with schoolwork but I’m back to the blog this morning with a great and pretty easy dessert recipe. I served this last night at a dinner party to celebrate a friend’s birthday and it was a big hit. A simple chocolate scratch cake gets a little soak in Kahlua liqueur before being frosted with a tiramisu-like espresso cream and topped with a drizzle of chocolate ganache. Irresistable!
Chocolate Cake

2 cups sugar
2 cups all purpose flour
3/4 cup cocoa
2 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
2 eggs
1 cup soured milk
1 cup black coffee
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1 tsp vanilla flavouring

Combine all ingredients in a mixing bowl and beat with electric mixer for 2 minutes.

Pour into 2 greased and floured 9 inch cake pans. Bake at 350 degrees F for 35-40 minutes or until toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.

Tiramisu Cream Frosting

2 1/2 cups whipping cream
1/2 cup icing sugar
2 tsp vanilla extract
1 1/2 tablespoons instant espresso powder

Whip together until stiff peaks form. Remove about 2/3 of the whipped cream to a large bowl. Into the remaining whipped cream, beat in until smooth

1/2 cup mascarpone cheese

Fold the mascarpone mixture into the tiramisu cream.

Chocolate Ganache

1/4 cup whipping cream
1 cup dark chocolate chips

Scald the cream in the microwave until almost boiling. pour over the chocolate chips and let stand for 5 minutes before stirring until smooth.

Using a fork, stab holes all over the surface of both cake layers and pour over each layer:

2 to 3 ounces Kahlua liqueur (cold sweetened espresso is also a good substitute)

Frost with the tiramisu cream and drizzle the cake with the chocolate ganache using a piping bag or a ziploc bag with the corner snipped off.

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Anonymous

Saturday 16th of March 2013

This was another amazing cake!All compliments...not a crumb left!!!Love your site...love your recipes...they always have an interesting twist and turn out beautiful and yummy!!!

Barry C. Parsons

Monday 24th of December 2012

Should be fine a day in advance.

Anonymous

Monday 24th of December 2012

Hi Just wondering, Can you make this the day before or should it be made the day you need it? Thanks!!

Cooking Recipes

Tuesday 31st of July 2012

wow !!! special gift for special occasion!!!

Anonymous

Monday 27th of February 2012

Looks from heaven!! But what shall I put other than the espresso between the 2 layers of cake?? Isn't there any cream??

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Sharing is Caring

Help spread the word. You're awesome for doing it!