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Tiramisu Cupcakes (Uses Cake Mix)
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- Ready In:
- 58mins
- Ingredients:
- 16
- Serves:
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24
ingredients
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Cupcakes
- 1 (18 1/4 ounce) package white cake mix
- 3 eggs
- 1⁄3 cup oil
- 1 1⁄4 cups water
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Liquid Coffee Layer
- 2⁄3 cup water, boiling
- 1⁄2 cup confectioners' sugar
- 1 1⁄2 tablespoons instant coffee
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Mascarpone Filling
- 1 cup mascarpone cheese (from tub)
- 3 tablespoons Kahlua (or coffee extract)
- 1⁄4 cup sweetened condensed milk
- 1 (8 ounce) container french vanilla cool whip
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Frosting
- 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
- 1⁄2 cup butter, softened
- 2 cups confectioners' sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- chocolate shavings (to garnish)
directions
- Make mascarpone filling mix first & allow to chill 4-6 hours or overnight.
- Mascarpone filling: Beat mascarpone, Kahlua and condensed milk until well blended. Fold in cool whip. Chill 4-6 hours.
- Prepare cupcakes as directed on box of white cake mix & bake accordingly. While these are baking prepare the liquid coffee as below.
- Liquid Coffee: Boil 2/3 cup water in microwave (or boil on stove) and stir in instant coffee then powdered sugar & allow to cool to tepid. Once cooled, use a fork to poke holes into cupcakes so that they will absorb the liquid cofee & then brush liquid coffee onto each cupcake using silicone baking brush. ** I usually make 3 fork piercings across top **.
- Fill pastry/icing bag with mascarpone filling & inject about 1 spoonful via bag directly into top-center of each cupcake.
- Prepare Cream Cheese Buttercream Frosting: Beat butter and cream cheese until creamy with hand mixer on low. Slowly add powdered sugar, scraping down the sides of the bowl as necessary. Add vanilla and increase mixer to medium. Blend until frosting is fluffy.
- Frost each cupcake with frosting & garnish with chocolate shavings (use dark chocolate bar & cheese grater).
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Reviews
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These were the "dessert of choice" at my Pokeno game. I used the foil liners also and the store was out of mascarpone so I just mixed 8 ounces of cream cheese and 2 tbsp softened butter. I didn't mix in any cream to the cream cheese because I wanted to use the filling as the icing and was afraid it might be too soft. I just spread the well chilled filling on the top of the cupcake like icing and topped them with shaved chocolate. I loved the flavor of the Kahlua in the filling and would highly recommend using it. If you don't want to pay the high price for the "Kahlua" brand look for a bottle of "Kamora" it tastes exactly like "Kahlua" but almost half the price. These were delicious little gems and something I will make again and again.
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These are FANTASTIC! :) Thank you so much for posting! I used an apple corer and went about 1/2 way down into the cupcake to pull out a plug- out of the center of the cupcake. I piped the filling in and cut off the top of plug/cork shaped cake and plugged it back up. Super Easy!! Next time after I core out a bit I will put a little of the coffee mixture at the bottom of the hole :) YUM!
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My mother had these at a bake sale and could not stop talking about them. So for her birthday I suprised her with these, thanks to you and your recipe :) So good with not a lot of hard work. I didnt use the Kalua since I figured the girlscouts probably didnt liquer them up. I look forward to trying the adult version sometime. Thanks a bunch!
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For taste, these would rate a 5 star, but for texture a 4...so really this should be a 4.5. They taste fantastic, and are relatively easy to make. I used brewed espresso instead of instant and water. I also used Pillsbury Cream Cheese Easy Frost (the most genius invention ever) instead of homemade. Next time I will whip fresh whipping cream to stiff peaks and fold that into the mascarpone. I will also use confectioner's sugar instead of the evaporated skim milk. I think those two things will make the texture 5 star as well. I cut a core out of the middle of the cupcake with an apple corer as described in earlier reviews. I agree, the more of the mascarpone mixture and coffee you get on these the better! My friends just loved them! Thanks for the post!
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Awsome!! I love this and got raves about it!! I think i could have put more of the coffee stuff on it i was afraid to put too much on since i only had paper cups. Instead of the frosting i used left over filling added the cream cheese and 1/2 cup powdered sugar and pipedd that on top. will make many times thank you!
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This recipe is so tasty, and it's everyone's favorite cupcake. I made these once for a friend's birthday and now it's the only request I get. The only suggestion I have is to dust the cupcakes in a little espresso powder, or to use more coffee syrup to add more coffee flavor. Also, the mascarpone filling tends to make more than I need for one recipe, so I double everything else and keep that a single recipe.
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I made these wonderful gems with my 12 year old grandson, who is quite a chef. They were wonderful. I made a few changes. He whipped 1/2 pint whipping cream instead of all the chemicals in cool whip. For the chocolate topping we melted 1/4 c of chocolate chips and 1 Tb. water and drizzled it on top of the frosting. Then he ran a toothpick through it and it looked very professional. We had marscapone filling, and frosting leftover which I froze for some future use. I had 16 cupcakes, not 24. Delicioso
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