Angel Food Cake with Espresso Mascarpone Cream

Name: Angel Food Cake with Espresso Mascarpone Cream
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 340 grams purchased angel food cake; 118 milliliters coffee liqueur; 118 milliliters confectioners sugar; 2 Tbsps instant espresso powder; 177 milliliters mascarpone cheese, at room temperature; 2 Tbsps boiling water; 237 milliliters whipping cream

Angel Food Cake with Espresso Mascarpone Cream is Head to the store and pick up instant espresso powder, coffee liqueur, confectioners' sugar, and a few other things to make it today. It will be a hit at your Mother's Day event. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 25 minutes.

Instructions

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Stir the water and espresso powder in a large bowl to blend. Stir in the mascarpone. Using an electric mixer, beat the cream in another large bowl, while slowly adding powdered sugar, until soft peaks form. Using a large rubber spatula, fold 1/4 of the whipped cream into the mascarpone mixture to lighten. Then fold the remaining whipped cream into the mascarpone mixture.

Ingredients you will need

Instant Espresso

Powdered Sugar

Whipped Cream

Mascarpone

Cream

Water

Equipment you will use

Hand Mixer

Spatula

Bowl

Cut the angel food cake into 16 (1-inch thick) wedges. Reserve any remaining cake for another use.

Ingredients you will need

Angel Food Cake

Brush 1 side of each wedge of cake with the liqueur. Arrange 2 wedges of cake on each plate. Dollop the espresso cream atop each wedge of cake. Dust with the cocoa powder and serve.

Ingredients you will need

Cocoa Powder

Espresso

Liqueur

Cream

Equipment

Hand Mixer

Spatula

Bowl

Ingredients

Servings:

340grams

purchased angel food cake 118milliliters

coffee liqueur 118milliliters

confectioners' sugar 2Tbsps

instant espresso powder 177milliliters

mascarpone cheese, at room temperature 2Tbsps

boiling water 237milliliters

whipping cream

Recommended wine: Cream Sherry, Moscato Dasti, Port

Cream Sherry, Moscato d'Asti, and Port are great choices for Cake. A common wine pairing rule is to make sure your wine is sweeter than your food. Delicate desserts go well with Moscato d'Asti, nutty desserts with cream sherry, and caramel or chocolate desserts pair well with port. The NV Johnson Estate Cream Sherry with a 5 out of 5 star rating seems like a good match. It costs about 19 dollars per bottle.