Tiramisu Cupcakes

Name: Tiramisu Cupcakes
Prep time: P0Y0M0DT0H25M0.000S
Cook time: P0Y0M0DT0H20M0.000S
Total time: P0Y0M0DT0H55M0.000S
Yield: 12 cupcakes
Cuisine: italian
Ingredients: 1/2 cup hot espresso; 2 tablespoons raw sugar; 1 tablespoon rum; 6 eggs, at room temperature; 1 cup fine raw sugar or organic sugar; 1 tablespoon rum; 1 cup all-purpose flour; 1/4 teaspoon sea salt; 1/3 cup unsalted butter, melted, plus more for greasing; 2 cups mascarpone, at room temperature; 3/4 cup icing sugar; 2 ounces dark chocolate, shaved

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Moist and fluffy cupcakes, topped with creamy espresso mascarpone frosting...These cupcakes will definitely make up for the crappy romantic comedy one of your girlfriends is bound to bring over. (Just kidding - I have nothing against women who like romantic comedies, or men who dig action films for that matter. It's the fact that they reproduce that gets to me.)

Level: Easy
Total: 55 min

Prep: 25 min
Inactive: 10 min
Cook: 20 min

Yield: 12 cupcakes

Level: Easy
Total: 55 min

Prep: 25 min
Inactive: 10 min
Cook: 20 min

Yield: 12 cupcakes

Ingredients

Espresso Syrup:

1/2 cup hot espresso

2 tablespoons raw sugar

1 tablespoon rum

Cupcakes:

6 eggs, at room temperature

1 cup fine raw sugar or organic sugar

1 tablespoon rum

1 cup all-purpose flour

1/4 teaspoon sea salt

1/3 cup unsalted butter, melted, plus more for greasing

Icing:

2 cups mascarpone, at room temperature

3/4 cup icing sugar

Garnish:

2 ounces dark chocolate, shaved

Directions

Making the espresso syrup: Into a bowl, pour the hot espresso, sugar, and rum. Stir until dissolved.
Making the cupcake batter: In the large bowl of a stand mixer with the whisk attachment, beat the eggs with the sugar and rum until thick and pale and tripled in volume, about 8 minutes. In another large bowl, sift together the flour and salt using a wire-mesh sieve. Delicately fold one-third of the flour mixture into the egg mixture. Repeat two more times, until all the flour is incorporated into the egg mixture. Delicately fold in the melted butter.
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line and butter a 12-cup muffin tin.
Making the cupcakes: Divide the batter equally among the prepared muffin cups. Bake on the center rack until the cupcakes are slightly golden around the edges and a toothpick comes out clean, 15 to 20 minutes. Let cool on a rack for 10 minutes.
Making the icing: In a medium bowl, combine the mascarpone, icing sugar and 3 tablespoons espresso syrup. Beat with a hand mixer until smooth. Set aside.
Brush each cooled cupcake generously with the remaining espresso syrup. Using a pastry bag or butter knife, ice each cupcake with 1/4 cup icing. Garnish with dark chocolate shavings. Refrigerate for 1 hour, or enjoy right away.