I made this for a luncheon, it was VERY well received. I did not have a box mix so I made a scratch cake and I think it made a difference in the texture, easier to do that I anticipated, will certainly make again,

I loved this recipe! Tiramisu is my favorite dessert and now I can make it so easily and so deliciously at home! Like so many others, I doubled the coffee and kahlua and it turned out perfect

My filling turned out like soup. Disappointed after all the work I put into it.

First of all, this cake is a terrific 5-star recipe as written! I've made it four times and constantly hear "This is the best tiramisu I've had!" and "Can I have the recipe?" If you like the coffee flavor, I do recommend making 2 layers with coffee grounds (instead of one) as others have said using a total of 4 tsp. instant coffee in the batter once you've poured the first pan of plain batter. And again because I like coffee so much, I use 1 cup coffee and 3 tbsp. coffee liqueur to soak the layers. I've tried using a brush and using a squeeze bottle to soak but I like the brush much better as you have more control. Be sure to soak bottom of cakes as it soaks in much better. Do not use marscapone substitute, use the real thing. I found myself wanting a little bit more filling in the layers last time I made it, so this time I added two heaping spoonfuls of whipped cream cheese, a tad more powdered sugar, and 1 extra tbsp. coffee liqueur, and it was the perfect amount and kept the marscapone taste. Leave the frosting recipe as is. If you add more alcohol, it will be too thin. I put it in my Kitchenaid blender, throw the splashguard on and put the kitchen timer on for 5 minutes. Sometimes I use the shaved chocolate to garnish and sometimes I use strawberries. Again, this recipe is delicious and deserves 5 stars the way it is but above are the tweaks I've made to give it more of a coffee flavor and helpful tips I've learned along the way.

This is a delicious cake, much enjoyed by all my work colleagues! Thank you for sharing the recipe. I used a homemade white cake recipe but with three layers, they ended up being quite thin. This was ok due to the richness of the filling and frosting, but I'd double the batter next time. In deference to a Muslim colleague who doesn't consume alcohol, I substituted 1 teaspoon of Rum flavoring and 2 teaspoons of coffee essence (we get one in the UK called Camp Coffee). This worked out very well.

This is a light delicious cake. So beautiful to look at.Hu8bby loveddddddddddd it.

Made this (as written) for a birthday party, and everyone raved. The only thing different I will do next time is use instant espresso powder instead of instant coffee and for the frosting I'm going to sub brown sugar for the powder sugar which is what I have used on other cakes. I will also try others suggestion and make 2 coffee layers. Still is great as is.

I'm rating this as 3/5 stars because I have no idea if I did something wrong or if it was the recipe. Basically the filling was sloppy, the alcohol overwhelming, The frosting so so. Now I'm left with an expensive bottle of coffee liqueur and an extra thing of mascarpone cheese and it is all worthless.

Loved this! I followed the instructions almost to a T but did what a lot of reviewers mentioned and made two coffee layers. I also doubled the coffee in the cake mix but decided not to double the liquor. I was worried I would regret not doubling the liquor, but it didn't seem to lack in flavor at all. I made and assembled it the day before my moms birthday and kept it in the fridge til serving time. It was a huge hit! Even the non-coffee lovers in our family loved it. One other thing I did differently was I actually used two cake mixes because I didn't want to have such thin layers. I used almost all of the batter, filling each pan til it was about half full. I loved having thicker cake layers and the frosting was still enough to cover my whole cake. I think next time I will try making this with a homemade cake recipe instead of box. My mom said I'm in charge of making all the birthday cakes from now on! :)

Made this for some friends and it was awesome! Not a crumb left!