Tiramisu Cake

I decided to use sponge cake instead of savoiardi biscuits (lady fingers). It really tastes good! :)

Ingredients

Sponge Cake:

- 3 eggs

- 100g sugar

- 90g flour

- 15g butter

- 1 tbsp milk

Mascarpone cream:

- 250g mascarpone

- 2 eggs (separate egg yolks from egg whites)

- 1 1/2 tbsp sugar

Coffee syrup:

- 1/2 cup of espresso coffee

Garnishment:

- chocolate flakes

Procedure

SPONGE CAKE:

1) Boil some water in a pan. The ideal temperature is between 160-170° C.

2) Put the eggs in a bowl and beat them in low speed.

3) Put the sugar in the egg mixture and beat for 30 sec.

4) Deep the bowl in the hot water and beat for 1-2 mins until the sugar is totally dissolved. Take it off the hot water.

5) Add milk to the butter and melt.

6) Beat the egg mixture in high speed for 3-4 mins until it forms a whipping pattern on the surface (soft peak stage).

7) Sift the flour into the mixture and gently mix about 30 times. Pour the butter mixture and fold the batter for 50 times until it becomes glossy and smooth.

8) Pour the batter in a circle baking pan. Tap it to release air bubbles and bake for 23 mins. Let it cool.

MASCARPONE CREAM

9) Beat the egg whites until it becomes firm. Set aside.

10) In another bowl, beat the egg yolks and sugar. Add mascarpone and mix well.

11) Add the beaten egg whites in the mascarpone mixture and gently mix until all the ingredients are well combined. Put inside the fridge for 10mins

CAKE ASSEMBLING

12) Cut the cake into half with the cutting area facing up. Soak the cut part with the coffee syrup.

13) Put a generous amount of cream on the first layer and spread evenly. Add some chocolate flakes and cover with the other layer.

14) Repeat the same procedure as step 13. Keep in the frigde for 15mins and serve it. ^_^

If you make this, take some photos and upload it on INSTAGRAM with the hashtag #bakingwithKANON

I'd be glad to see some re-creations of my recipes.

Brownie Bites

Ingredients

- 55g of butter

- 115g of dark chocolate in pieces

- 175g of brown sugar

- 2 eggs

- 85g of flour

- 55g crushed toasted peanuts

- white royal icing

Procedure

1) Preheat the oven to 180 °. Melt the chocolate and butter in a double boiler. Mix well and leave to cool.

2) Pour the sugar and eggs in a large bowl and whisk until they form a light and fluffy cream. Combine in the chocolate mixture and sift in the flour and baking powder and mix thoroughly. Finally, add the crushed peanuts.

3) Grease a rectangular baking tray and pour the mixture in it. Put inside the preheated oven and bake for 20-25 mins until it becomes firm. Let it cool. Cut into small squares and top it with royal icing.

Enjoy! ^_^

Whoopies with Marshmallow Fluff

I decided to make some whoopies as my valentine treat for my boyfriend Luigi <3

He's been craving for something sweet so he asked me to bake some for him.

Ingredients

for the batter:

- 125g butter

- 1 egg

- 150g granulated sugar

- 250g flour

- 50g cocoa powder

- 1 1/2 teaspoon baking soda

- 1/4 teaspoon salt

- 100ml milk

- 50g yogurt

for the filling:

- 125g butter

- 80g confectioner's sugar

- vanilla extract

- a pinch of salt

- 150g marshmallow fluff

for the garnishment:

- heart shape sugar decoration

Procedure

1.) Preheat oven to 175 ° C and line 2 baking trays with parchment paper.

2.) Put in a bowl the butter, previously softened, egg and sugar. beat with electric mixer until the mixture will be foamy.

3.) In a second bowl mix flour, cocoa powder, baking soda and salt.

4.) Mix milk with yogurt.

5.) With the help of an electric mixer stir in the flour and cocoa mixture, alternating, the mixture of milk and yogurt, to the butter and egg mixture until the batter is nice and smooth.

6.) Form small portions of dough on baking tray by using 2 spoons, taking care to maintain a certain distance from each other, because during cooking the batter will grow.

7.) Bake for about 12 minutes. Then remove and let cool.

8.) For the filling, with the help of an elettric mixer beat all the  ingredients in a bowl. Put the mixture in the fridge for 30 minutes, then transfer the cream into a piping bag and distribute it on half of the cookies, from the bottom side. Cover with the other half.

9.) With a tiny amount of cream, place some heart shape sugar decoration on the top of the whoopies.

they look like chocolate macarons ^_^