Tiramisu Cake Recipe

Name: Tiramisu Cake
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 8
Ingredients: 2 - 15.25 Box vanilla cake mix; 2 C Whole milk; 1 C unsalted butter; 6 large eggs; Pam baking spray; 1/4 C ground coffee; 1 C boiling water; 6 oz Mascarpone cheese; 16 oz cream cheese (, softened); 1/2 C unsalted butter (softened); 6 C powdered sugar; 3 tsp vanilla extract; 5-7 TBSP heavy whipping cream; ¼ C cocoa powder

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If you love cake and tiramisu, you are going to love this cake. Bringing together the best of both, this Tiramisu Cake is a great tasting dessert full of flavor. So easy to make, this cake is perfecting for a weeknight dessert or for when you have guests.

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Delicious Tiramisu Cake Recipe

This cake brings together the great tasting flavors of tiramisu with the ease of using a cake mix. This brings together a light, fluffy cake that everyone will love.

Ingredients

Vanilla cupcake mix
Whole milk
Unsalted butter
Eggs
Ground coffee
Water
Cream cheese
Powdered sugar
Vanilla extract
Heavy whipping cream
Cocoa powder

How to Make a Tiramisu Cake Recipe

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and prepare 3 cake pans with baking spray.

Using a mixer, combine the cake mix and its ingredients until smooth.

Divide between 3 cake pans.

Bake for 25-30 minutes. The cake is done when a comes out clean.

Allow the cakes to cool completely.

Once the cakes are cooled, remove the cakes from the pans.

Using the cake leveler, remove the domes of the cakes to make the layers even and flat.

In a medium size bowl, mix together the ground coffee and boiling water and put it in a squeeze bottle.

Using a mixer, beat together the cream cheese, mascarpone cheese, butter, powdered sugar, vanilla, and heavy cream until it forms stiff peaks.

Drizzle the coffee mixture onto the top of the cake layers and allow it to soak in for 30 minutes.

Starting with the bottom layer of the cake, scoop 1 cup of frosting onto the top of the cake layer and smooth it evenly.

Place the next layer on the cake and repeat. Add the 3rd layer and frost the entire cake.

Using a sifter, sift some cocoa powder onto the top of the cake.

Pipe small dollops of frosting onto the top of the cake and then place chocolate covered espresso beans onto the top of the frosting dollops.

Cut and enjoy!

Does Tiramisu Cake Contain Alcohol?

While some tiramisu might have a coffee liqueur in the frosting or in the cake batter, this recipe does not use alcohol. If you wanted to use alcohol, replace the coffee mixture with a coffee flavor liquor.

What Does Tiramisu Cake Taste Like?

Traditional tiramisu is a custard dessert that has a sponge cake that is soaked in a coffee mixture. It has creamy mascarpone and a cocoa dusting. Sometimes it is made using lady finger cookies. This cake brings in all of those flavors, except instead of sponge cake, it uses a regular cake mix.

Servings:

Tiramisu Cake

Prep Time:

15 mins

Cook Time:

20 mins

Total Time:

35 mins

If you love cake and tiramisu, you are going to love this cake. Bringing together the best of both, this Tiramisu Cake is a great tasting dessert full of flavor. So easy to make, this cake is perfecting for a weeknight dessert or for when you have guests.