Tuesday, May 5, 2009

TWD: Tiramisu Cake

There are those people who always order dessert when out at a restaurant. I am not one of those people. Why? Mostly because I'm cheap. I have a really hard time justifying the price of dessert, when I've already gorged myself on food and booze. I know, it doesn't really make sense to me either, but I can assure you that my hips are thankful. (Of course this doesn't mean that I don't go home and eat something sweet... because, oftentimes that's exactly what happens).

It's probably because of my frugality that I've never had tiramisu. It's always sounded like something delicious. The coffee, the ladyfingers... but, I'm generally not thrilled with pudding-type of desserts. Something about the consistency, I guess.

Which is why I thought this dessert was going to be a homerun for me. All the flavors of tiramisu... but in cake form! I mean, brilliant, right? That Dorie, she knows how to write a recipe, I tell ya.

This recipe was really easy, but called for two things that I never have: espresso powder and marscapone cheese. I decided to splurge the $5.99 on the marscapone and opted to make a Guinness syrup (I almost always have Guinness on hand) instead of the espresso syrup. The marscapone? Well, let's just say, for me... I'd prefer the tangyness of cream cheese. So, if I were to make this again, I'd just use cream cheese. The Guinness syrup turned out great, though.

Unfortunately, this cake just didn't do it for me. And, I've come to the conclusion, that it's not you, Tiramisu Cake, it's me. I think I've discovered that I just don't enjoy butter cakes. At least, all the butter cakes I've ever made. They always turn out spongy and dry for me. I really wanted this cake to be richer. But it was very light and kind of ho-hum to me.

If you like Tiramisu and butter cakes, then I urge you to check out the blogroll at Tuesdays with Dorie and grab the recipe from Megan's blog: My Baking Adventures. I think this cake would be hit with a lot of people. Sadly, it just didn't work out between us.

9 comments:

Marthe said...

Your tiramisu cake looks absolutely wonderful! I'm the kind of person that almost always orders dessert in a restaurant, in fact tiramisu is my favourite dessert.... I was afraid this would dissapoint me, but I'm happy to say Dorie proved me wrong: I absolutely loved this, as did my colleagues!

Megan said...

Aww - I'm sorry things didn't work out between you two - but it sure looked great!

chocolatechic said...

I thought it was ok.

I was hoping that I would like it, but it was ehhh...

Teanna said...

The Guinness syrup sounds awesome! I'm sorry that you ended up not liking it, though! At least you tried!

Anonymous said...

It looks like it turned out great, even if it wasn't a hit for you. The Guinness syrup is a creative idea!

Unknown said...

Bummer, I'm sorry you didn't like this one. Your slice looks fantastic though :)

Madam Chow said...

I am so impressed by the talents of the TWD group. Your cake looks beautiful.

TeaLady said...

I too am not a tiramisu/coffee fan, so I skipped this one. Yours looks pretty. Sorry it didn't work for you.

I don't get desserts out 'cause I am frugal (read:cheap), and usually the ones I make at home are better.

Engineer Baker said...

Guinness syrup? Now that sounds like a *fabulous* idea...