Mocha Layer Cake with Whipped Mascarpone Cream and a Coffee Glaze Drizzle.
You can have Mocha Layer Cake with Whipped Mascarpone Cream and a Coffee Glaze Drizzle using 25 ingredients and 26 steps. Here is how you achieve that.
Ingredients of Mocha Layer Cake with Whipped Mascarpone Cream and a Coffee Glaze Drizzle
- It's of For Mocha Cake.
- It's of unsweetened cocoa powder.
- It's of hot brewed strong unsweetened coffee.
- It's of sour cream.
- Prepare of all purpose flour.
- Prepare of baking powder.
- You need of salt.
- Prepare of baking soda.
- It's of unsalted butter, at room temperature.
- You need of brown sugar, packed.
- Prepare of granulated sugar.
- Prepare of large eggs.
- You need of vanilla extract.
- Prepare of For Mascarpone Cream Filling and Frosting.
- Prepare of cold heavy cream.
- It's of mascarpone cheese, at room temperature.
- Prepare of confectioner's sugar.
- Prepare of vanilla extract.
- Prepare of salt.
- It's of For Coffee Glaze.
- It's of room temperature brewed unsweetened strong coffee.
- Prepare of confectioner's sugar.
- It's of vanilla extract.
- You need of For Garnish.
- Prepare of dark and white chocolate, shaved for decorating.
Mocha Layer Cake with Whipped Mascarpone Cream and a Coffee Glaze Drizzle instructions
- Preheat the oven to 325. Spray 4 - 8- inch cake pans well with bakers spray.
- In a bowl whisk together cocoa powder, hot coffee and sour cream until smooth. Cool to room temperature.
- In another bowl combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt, set aside.
- In a third bowl beat butter and sugars until light and fluffy.
- Add eggs one at a time beating in each egg, then beat in vanilla.
- Add the flour mixture alternating with coffee/cocoa mixture and mix just until blended.
- Divide batter between pans and bake 20 to 30 minutes until a toothpick comes out just clean. Cool in pans 10 minutes then remove to racks to cool completely.
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- Make Marscapone Filling and Frosting.
- Beat cream until it holds its shape.
- In another bowl beat mascarpone, sugar, salt, and vanilla.
- Fold mascarpone into whipped cream in 3 additions until fully incorporated. If filling seems very soft refrigerate about an hour to firm up for easier filling and frosting..
- Assemble Cake.
- Place one cake layer, bottom facing up on serving plate.
- Add some Mascarpone Cream filling.
- Place second cake layer on first, bottom up.
- Spread with more filling.
- Add third cake layer and spread with some filling.
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- Add fourth final cake layer an frost entire cake with remaining frosting. Chill at least 1 hour before adding coffee glaze.
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- Make Coffee Glaze.
- In a bowl whisk together coffee and confectioner's sugar and vanilla until smooth.
- Pour coffee glaze directly over top of cake allowing it to flow over sides. Garnish with dark and white chocolate shavings. Refrigerate to set glaze before slicing..
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