Tiramisu Cupcakes

Happy Friday Blog Friends!  I don't know about you but I for one, am VERY excited that today is finally Friday. 

And just to make sure that we start this weekend off right - I give you - a tiramisu cupcake --- recipe!  I wish that I could send you each a tiramisu cupcake but since I can't - I'll just give you my recipe.

Trust me when I tell you --- these cupcakes are DELICIOUS!  The perfect way to kick off a great weekend.

Tiramisu Cupcakes
Ingredients

• 1 1/4 cups cake flour (not self-rising), sifted
• 3/4 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 cup milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 4 tablespoons (1/2 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature, cut into pieces
• 3 large whole eggs plus 3 egg yolks, room temperature
• 1 cup sugar

Coffee Marsala Syrup
2/3 cup coffee
1/2 cup sugar
4 Tablespoons marsala wine

Marscapone Frosting
3/4 cups heavy whipping cream
1/4 cup powdered sugar
4 ounces softened marscapone cheese

Heat milk in saucepan but do not boil.  Add butter and whisk until melted. 

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Add vanilla.  Cool to room temperature.

Whisk together whole eggs, yolks, and sugar in bowl of standing mixer.  Set mixing bowl over a pan of simmering water, and whisk by hand until sugar is dissolved and mixture is warm, about 6 minutes. Remove bowl from heat.

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Combine flour, baking powder and salt in a small bowl.

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Transfer to mixer and whisk until pale yellow and thick ribbons form.

Gently but thoroughly fold flour mixture into the egg mixture in three batches.

Fold in milk/butter mixture.

Scoop batter into paper lined jumbo cupcake tins. 

Bake 19 minutes at 350.  Cool on wire racks.

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Prepare coffee marsala syrup while cupcakes cool.  Combine hot coffee, sugar and marsala. 

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Brush syrup over cupcakes.

To prepare frosting, whisk together powdered sugar and marscapone.

Whip cream until soft peaks form.

Carefully whisk cheese mixture into cream.

Pipe onto cupcakes and dust with cocoa powder.

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A cupcake that oozes with sweet coffee marsala syrup - irresistible.  It might be cold outside this weekend but baking a batch of these yummy cupcakes is sure to warm you up.  Enjoy.

Ciao!