The Coffee Cup

www.italianfoodnet.com Ingredients for 8 persons 400 gr. (14.10 oz.) Sponge Cake sliced 500 gr. (17.63 oz.) Mascarpone cheese 250 ml. (6.7 fl. oz.) Whipping Cream 200 ml. (6.7 fl. oz.) Sugar syrup* 150 gr. (5.29 oz.) Icing sugar sieved 3 Small-cups (150 ml. – 5.07 fl. oz.) Espresso coffee 1 Teaspoon Sambuca liqueur *Sugar syrup made by stirring 100 gr. (3.52 oz.) sugar into 100 ml (3.4 fl. oz.) of boiling water for 15 minutes Put Mascarpone into a large mixing bowl, add Icing sugar, and half cream Stir all ingredients and whip When Mascarpone begins to thicken, slowly pour the rest of the cream and Sambuca liqueur Once Mascarpone cream is ready, pour Espresso coffee into a bowl, add sugar syrup and stir Line 2 Sponge cake slices into a plate and soak with coffee syrup Fill a pastry bag with Mascarpone and spread it over the Sponge cake slices, make another layer of Sponge cake, soak with coffee syrup Garnish the top with Mascarpone cream, sprinkle with bitter cocoa powder, add a little chocolate decoration and a sliced strawberry

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