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Italian Brick Cake recipe

No Bake Layered Cake, Italian Brick Cake Recipe

This Italian Brick Cake is a no-bake cake similar to classic Tiramisu: layers of biscuits dipped in coffee alternating with delicious cream.
Prep Time 20 minutes
Resting Time 3 hours
Total Time 3 hours 20 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine Italian
Servings 10 people

Ingredients
  

  • 200 g butter softened at room temperature
  • 150 g granulated sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 200 ml coffee Espresso or Moka also decaffeinated
  • 1 tablespoon Rum or other liquor of your choice
  • 200 g thin rectangular or square biscuits
  • 6-8 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder

Instructions
 

  • Prepare coffee with a Moka pot or an Espresso Machine and pour it into a deep bowl. Let it cool.
  • In a large bowl, beat the butter with sugar with an electric mixer until creamy.
  • Add the egg yolks and continue beating until you get a light and fluffy cream.
  • In another bowl, whip the egg whites to stiff peaks. The egg whites will be whipped when the mixture does not fall out when the bowl is turned upside down.
  • Gradually add the egg whites to the buttercream, stirring slowly from bottom to top.
  • Add liqueur to cooled coffee. You can also skip this step if you wish.
  • Now assemble the cake by alternating the layers. Take a baking sheet or pan (about cm 25×35) and divide the biscuits into 3 parts and the buttercream into 2 parts.
  • Dip 1/3 biscuits into the coffee for 1 second and arrange them in one layer on the baking sheet.
  • Add a layer of 1/2 buttercream, another layer of 1/3 dipped biscuits, and another layer of 1/2 buttercream. Finish with biscuits. The biscuits in each layer must match exactly with the biscuits in the bottom layer.
  • Cover with aluminum foil and refrigerate for at least 2–3 hours.
  • Sprinkle with cocoa powder before serving. For a very nice effect, cut the portions following the rectangles (bricks) formed by the last layer of biscuits.