So my mom and I were recruited to make a wedding cake for some friends of our family. I think I mentioned this in the previous post about the chiffon cake. Anyways, with the leftover cake we had (about a 6″ square of cake), I decided to make a quick miniature version of what I wanted the cake to be. I bought some tiramisu cake squares from Longo’s and tried my best to replicate those, because they are so good! So I whipped together some whipping cream, vanilla, and soft cream cheese to make the white filling, and brushed the cake layers with a mixture of sweetened coffee+amaretto+kahlua. I then COVERED the top of the cake with cocoa powder, just like the ones from the store. Then I cut off the sides so that it would look pretty when I took a picture of it. And voila! Delicious tiramisu cake squares that to me, were way better than the ones from the store (obviously! they were made at home from scratch! Aren’t things done that way always so much better? I think so.)
Ingredients
1 recipe of perfect chiffon cake (You can substitute any cake you think would be good. Why not try it with a chocolate cake? mmm)
1 8oz package of cream cheese, super dooper softened (you can also use mascarpone. I just didn’t have any and was only doing a test.)
2 cups of 35% whipping cream
2 tsp of real vanilla extract
1/4 cup of sweetened hot brewed coffee
1 tablespoon of amaretto
1 tablespoon of kahlua
lots of dark good cocoa powder
Make the cake as directed in the previous recipe. Once this has cooled, cut in half. Each layer should be about 3/4 of an inch tall. Something like that. Just not too thin or too thick. Well, I suppose you could make it as thin or thick as you want!
Whip whipping cream with a sprinkle of sugar and the vanilla, and set aside.
Whip the cream cheese until soft enough to mix the whipped cream into it. (I put a little bit of stabilizer in the whipped cream to help it stay a bit fluffy.)
Mix together the cream cheese and whipped cream. Set aside.
In a small bowl, combine the coffee, amaretto and kahlua. With a brush, brush this onto the bottom layer of the cake.
Spread half of the cream cheese mixture onto the bottom layer of cake. Top with the second layer of cake.
Spread the other half of the cheese/cream mixture on top of the second layer. Make it as smooth as you can.
Sprinkle the top liberally with cocoa powder, and then trim off the rough sides of the cake to make each edge pretty. Cut into squares and you’re good to go!
Super delicious and fairly easy to make tiramisu squares!
