5 Amazing Desserts For Coffee Lovers

If you're a coffee lover, then you will definitely love the following desserts. They all incorporate coffee to one degree or another.

Mocha Mousse 

This is an amazing dessert that combines the flavor of chocolate and coffee into a rich, smooth mousse. A mousse is made by combining eggs, milk, chocolate, and in this case, coffee. Sometimes the chef will use powered coffee, while other times they might use a fresh brewed, black coffee. If you like chocolate pudding and coffee, then you owe it to yourself to try mocha mousse.

Espresso Flavored Truffles

Chocolate truffles are an amazing way to satisfy your craving for chocolate. They are basically small balls of ganache. Chocolatiers will often add flavors when making truffles. One great flavor that works well in truffles is espresso. It complements the intensity of dark chocolate ganache. The espresso will be added to the ganache during the melting process so that the flavors have a chance to completely blend together. The truffles are then dusted in cocoa powder, or dipped in tempered chocolate so that they will remain hard at room temperature.

Tiramisu With Coffee Liqueur

Tiramisu is a classic Italian dessert. The name translates to "pick me up." The dessert gets its name because of the caffeine used in the recipe. Coffee was traditionally used to soak the ladyfingers. However, if you want to spice it up a bit you could add a touch of coffee liqueur to the coffee mixture. Some people even use exclusively coffee liquor. The sharpness of the alcohol helps to contrast with the sweetness of the mascarpone mixture.

Chocolate Cake With Mocha Frosting

If you love coffee, then you should think about ordering a cake with mocha frosting. A popular mocha frosting is a variation on Swiss meringue buttercream. The main difference from plain Swiss meringue is that melted chocolate with espresso powder is added to the buttercream mixture. The result is a light and fluffy buttercream frosting that has the subtle flavor of coffee and chocolate.

Coffee Bean Infused Ice Cream

Of course you should never forget about coffee ice cream. This is made by infusing the cream with coffee beans. A vanilla cream custard base is made and whole coffee beans are left to soak in the custard overnight. The beans are then removed and the cream is placed into an ice cream machine. The resulting ice cream has a bright coffee flavor. Sometimes the ice cream will include flakes of dark chocolate.

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