I just had a meeting today with a bride to be and her mother. She had just been to a bridal show and said she tasted a tiramasu cake AND of couse did I know how to make one?? Well of course I'm going to find out. I've done a lot of searching but the closest I can find is the traditional with ladyfingers etc. I know this wouldn't work for a layer on a wedding cake. Has anyone seen a recipe like this?
THANKS!

i found a recipe for tiramisu cake here.

http://www.absolutelycooking.com/cgi-bin/printer.pl?000205

hope its what you're looking for and that it helps.

Here is one from the Cake Mix Doctor (and I LOVE all of her recipes!!)

Cake:
1 package plain white cake mix
1 and 1/3 cups water
2 Tablespoons oil
3 large eggs
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

SYRUP:
3/4 cup hot water
2 Tablespoons instant coffee powder
3 Tablespoons granulated sugar
1/4 cup Kahlua or other coffee flavored liquor

TOPPING:
2 cups vanilla yogurt
2 - 8 oz. pkgs. cream cheese at room temp.
1/4 cup confectioners sugar
1 teaspoon unsweetend cocoa powder

1. Preheat oven to 350. Lightly mist a 9X13 pan with "pam". Set aside

2. Place the cake mix, water, oil, eggs, and vanilla in a large mixing bowl. Blend on low speed 1 min. Stop, scrape down the sides and beat 2 min. more. The batter should look thick and well blended. Pour into the prepared pan -smoothing it out with the spatula.

3. Bake the cake until it is golden brown and springs back when lightly pressed with your finger 32 - 35 min. Remove from pan and place on wire rack to cool.

4. Meanwhile, prepare the syrup. Place the hot water, coffee powder, and sugar in a small bowl and stir to combine until the coffee and sugar dissolve. Stir in the coffee liquor. Poke holes in the cake with a chopstick or straw and spoon the syrup over the cake so that it can seep down into the holes. Set the cake aside.

5. Prepare the topping. Place the yogurt, cream cheese, and confectioners sugar in a large mixing bowl and blend in low speed for 1 to 2 minutes. The mixture should look well combined and thick. Spread the topping over the syrup soaked cake, using the spatula to spread the topping out to the edges of the cake. No more than 1 hour before serving, sift the cocoa powder over the topping so that it covers the top of the cake. Slice into squares and serve.

my mother loves Tiramsu, I'm sure she love the cake too....I will have to try it!

Wow! Both recipes are very different. Guess my husband's coworkers will get some more taste testing this week. I'm surprised that the first one doesn't have some sort of coffee flavorings in it?
Thanks for the feedback!

http://recipes.allrecipes.com/Utilities/PrintRecipe.aspx?RecipeID=25639&servings=12&metric=false&Format=Full
This is very , very good! I have made it twice and everyone loves it!

I have a very good recipe for that cake I just made two weeks ago...It uses heath candy bar pieces in the cake and in the icing...And it also uses brewed coffee...send me an email if you want [email protected].

I make a real easy tiramisu too....you couldn't use it for a cake though I am sure. This is super easy and if you like coffee you will love it!

EASY Tiramisu

1 pound cake sliced into thin slices (about 1/4" or so)
1 8 ounce container cool whip
1 16 ounce container ricotta cheese
1/2 cup plus 3 Tablespoons sugar
3 cups STRONG black coffee

Dissolve the 3 Tablespoons of sugar in the coffee, stir till dissolved.

Mix the 1/2 cup of sugar into the ricotta cheese in a medium size bowl....fold the cool whip into the ricotta sugar mixture.

Take each piece of pound cake and dip it into the coffee/sugar mix - let it absorb some of the coffee, but not too much or it will fall apart. Layer 1/3 of the pound cake in the bottom of a pretty see-through dish. Put 1/3 of the ricotta/cool whip mix, then repeat layers ending with the ricotta/cool whip.

Put in the refrigerator until ready to serve. Dust with cocoa right before serving.

Mommy Edazards.....that one sounds like just the ticket!! I need to try that one. Thanks for the link!

You are welcome! I am going to have to try some of the others too. I LOVE Tiramisu!!!

MommyEdzards - This looks perfect...I'm doing 3 small cakes for a baby shower in Feb and wanted 3 different flavored cakes...I think is a perfect choice for one! I'll have to try it out and have my co-workers taste-test!!

Hi Rexy,

I tried out this recipe from epicurios.com called the Tiramisu Wedding cake and it was really good.
Here's the link http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/recipe_views/views/289?id=289

It uses cream cheese ( which is a cheaper alternative) rather than the traditional mascarpone. I made half a recipe using two 8"square pans. I would use pastry flour instead of all purpose flour. I find the cake was a bit hard. There were a bit icing leftover so I made a small bowl and layered it with the cake scraps (like a trifle). I made this last christmas and froze the small bowl and now I am enjoying the last few bites of it as I am typing. I find it taste even better now as the flavours have all blended in nicely and the cake was more moist. yummm!

oops... I guess i didn't really check what the others had posted. Seems like it's the same recipe as what kcsmom gave. Sorry!

thanks to everyone, I'll give some a try this weekend and let you know!