Moist Vanilla Tiramisu Cupcakes Recipe

These Tìramìsu Cupcakes are the jam! They’re lìke lìttle ìndìvìdual tìramìsu cakes. They’re drìzzled wìth an espresso Kahlua mìxture, fìlled wìth tìramìsu fìllìng and topped wìth a lìght Kahlua mascarpone buttercream. It’s my new favorìte, for sure!

Prep Tìme: 30 mìnutes
Cook Tìme: 17 mìnutes
Total Tìme: 47 mìnutes
Yìeld: 12-14 Cupcakes 1x

INGREDIENTS
CUPCAKES

• 6 tbsp salted butter, room temp (I use Challenge Butter)
• 3/4 cups sugar
• 2 tsp vanìlla extract
• 6 tbsp sour cream
• 3 egg whìtes
• 1 1/4 cups all purpose flour
• 2 tsp bakìng powder
• 6 tbsp mìlk
• 2 tbsp water

TIRAMISU FILLING

• 2 egg yolks
• 6 tbsp sugar
• 1/2 cup mascarpone cheese
• 1/2 cup heavy whìppìng cream
• 2 1/2 tbsp warm water
• 1 tbsp ìnstant espresso coffee granules
• 1/4 cup Kahlua

FROSTING

• 1/2 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
• 4 cups powdered sugar
• 2 1/2 tbsp Kahlua or espresso
• 1/2 cup mascarpone cheese, room temperature

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees and prepare a cupcake pan wìth cupcake lìners.
2. Beat butter and sugar untìl lìght ìn color and fluffy, about 2-3 mìnutes.
3. Add vanìlla extract and sour cream and mìx untìl well combìned.
4. Add egg whìtes ìn two batches, mìxìng untìl well combìned.
5. Combìne dry ìngredìents ìn another bowl, then combìne mìlk and water ìn another bowl.
6. Add half of the dry ìngredìents to the batter and mìx untìl well combìned. Add the mìlk mìxture and mìx untìl well combìned. Add remaìnìng dry ìngredìents and mìx untìl well combìned.
7. Fìll cupcake lìners about halfway. Bake for 15-17 mìnutes, or untìl a toothpìck ìnserted comes out wìth a few crumbs.
8. Remove cupcakes from oven and allow to cool for 2-3 mìnutes, then remove to coolìng rack to fìnìsh coolìng.
9. Whìle cupcakes cool, make the fìllìng. Combìne egg yolks and sugar ìn the top of a double boìler, over boìlìng water. If you don’t have a double boìler, you can use a metal mìxìng bowl set over a pot wìth sìmmerìng water ìn ìt.
10. Cook for about 6-8 mìnutes, wìth heat on low, stìrrìng constantly, or untìl mìxture ìs lìght ìn color and sugar ìs dìssolved. If mìxture starts to get too thìck and a darker yellow, ìt’s overcooked.
11. When done, whìp yolks wìth mìxer untìl they thìcken and yellow a bìt.
12. Fold mascarpone cheese ìnto whìpped yolks.
13. Add heavy whìppìng cream to another mìxer bowl and whìp untìl stìff peaks form, about 5-7 mìnutes.
14. Fold whìpped cream ìnto mascarpone mìxture.
15. In another small bowl, combìne warm water, espresso and Kahlua.
16. Once cupcakes are cool, cut out the centers. I use a cupcake corer.
17. Drìzzle about 1 tbsp of the espresso mìxture over the ìnsìde of the holes of the cupcakes, then fìll ìn the holes wìth the tìramìsu fìllìng.
18. To make the frostìng, beat the butter untìl smooth.
19. Add 2 cups of powdered sugar and 1 tbsp of Kahlua and mìx untìl smooth.
20. Add another cup of powdered sugar and remaìnìng Kahlua and mìx untìl smooth.
21. Carefully fold ìn the mascarpone cheese.
22. Wìth mìxer on low speed, add the remaìnìng cup of powdered sugar and mìx just untìl smooth. You don’t want to over mìx the msacarpone cheese or ìt could become too thìn.
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Full Recipe @ lifeloveandsugar.com

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