In this opulent tiramisu poke cake, white cake is poked, drizzled with a sweet coffee taste, and then frosted with cream cheese frosting. up to two days before serving, while making.
| Prep Time: | 35 mins |
| Cook Time: | 30 mins |
| Additional Time: | 40 mins |
| Total Time: | 1 hr 45 mins |
| Servings: | 8 |
| Yield: | 1 9-inch cake |
Ingredients
- 1 cup white sugar
- ¾ cup all-purpose flour
- 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 6 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
- ¾ teaspoon baking soda
- ¾ teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup milk
- ¼ cup vegetable oil
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ½ cup boiling water
- 7 ounces marzipan
- 1 teaspoon green food coloring, divided
- 1 tablespoon confectioners’ sugar
- ⅓ cup confectioners’ sugar
- 1 tablespoon water, or as needed
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour one 9-inch square pan.
- Stir sugar, 3/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder, and salt together in a large bowl. Add milk, vegetable oil, egg, and vanilla extract; beat with an electric mixer on medium speed until batter is smooth. Beat in 1/2 cup boiling water. Pour into the prepared baking pan.
- Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 30 to 35 minutes. Let cool in the pan for 10 minutes. Invert onto a wire rack to cool completely, about 30 minutes.
- Cut marzipan into 3 equal pieces. Add varying amounts of green food coloring to each piece to get different shades of green. Knead each piece separately to incorporate food coloring evenly.
- Dust a flat work surface with 1 tablespoon confectioners’ sugar. Roll out each piece of marzipan into a thin rectangle. Cut into equal-sized squares.
- Combine 1/3 cup confectioners’ sugar and 1 tablespoon water in a shallow dish; stir, adding more water if needed, until mixture is the consistency of cream.
- Dip the back of a marzipan square in the confectioners’ sugar mixture and place on the outer edge of the cake. Arrange remaining squares, alternating the 3 shades of green, randomly over the cake from the outer edges to the center. Leave 3 squares of chocolate cake exposed in the center for the Creeper’s eyes and mouth. Cut into marzipan on either side of the mouth to create its characteristic shape.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 361 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 60 g |
| Cholesterol | 25 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 3 g |
| Protein | 5 g |
| Saturated Fat | 2 g |
| Sodium | 329 mg |
| Sugars | 46 g |
| Fat | 13 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
It looks cool
Made this for my granddaughter and was a huge hit