I baked an edible cake!!!

Tiffy's Tiramisu

I love Tiramisu..it's the one thing that I can't resist when I see it on the menu. It's hard to find a good Tiramisu, moist enough but not too squishy.
I've always wanted to learn how to bake and I did attemp to make chocolate chip cookies but it was a complete disaster! By forgetting putting in baking powder, my cookies came out as hard as rocks..my housemates started using them as weapons on each other..so not a good experience and since then,I have put my baking ingredients away.

Then the other day my baking bugs came back and I wanted to try again and this time, I wanted to make my own Tiramisu. I must've looked at 10 different recipes till I've settled on a couple and decided to mix them together. All of the menus said use ladyfingers and I found out ladyfingers were just sponge cake batter in finger shapes. I didn't really like the way it looks when you cut it, with all these half circle shapes in between when you cut the cake, I decided to bake my own sponge cake as well.

So the concept it great, putting it in practice was the hard bit. I've borrowed my housemate's baking tools (since she's the 'baker' of the house...blah), Jez and I got all the ingredients and printed out the recipes, I was on my way.

The sponge cake was a success! It wasn't too hard, it was perfect actually! I had a little snafoo making the zabaglione, a traditional Italian mixture of sugar, eggs, and some rum (in my case, lotsa rum!) The layering of tiramisu was really messy. I decided to cut my sponge cake into three layers. I used a thread to try to do an even cut and it turned out just okay. I brushed the kahlua coffee on each layer, then the zabaglione mixed with mascarpone cheese, then top with Green&Black cocoa powder. I completed the whole cake with shaved dark chocolate and white chocolate. You can't say I do anything half assed! I can't remember the exact measurements of everything I've used...but since I'm not trying to teach anyone to cook, this is to simply for my own viewing pleasure...don't think it's that important..



tiramisu went down a big hit! It was finished within two days. I think I'm gonna make a white chocolate cheese cake today....