Recipes..TIRAMISU CAKE SQUARES cake

INGREDIENTS
chocolate cake:

3 eggs, at room temperature
1 and 1/2 cups sugar
3/4 cup olive oil
1 cup milk, at room temperature
3 tablespoons cocoa powder
1 teaspoon vanilla powder
2 cups all purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder

syrup to wet the cake:
1 cup strong cofee, lukewarm
1 tablespoon sugar
3 tablespoons cognac
tiramisu filling:
2 cups mascarpone cheese
1 cup heavy cream
topping:
1 tablespoon unsweetened cocoa powder for dusting the cake
Fresh mint leaves for garnish
INSTRUCTIONS

Preheat oven to 350F (180C).
Butter a 9�9 inches square cake pan and linet he bottom with parchment paper.
Beat the eggs and sugar in a bowl with an electric mixer until creamy.
Pour olive oil and milk. Mix.
Sift cocoa powder into the bowl and mix with a spatula.
Combine flour, vanilla powder and baking powder in a separate bowl and sift into the wet mixture.
Stir with a spatula just until there are no pockers of flour.
Pour the batter into the baking pan and bake for 30 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
Remove from the oven and let it cool down for 15 minutes.
Remove the cake from the pan and let it cool down to room temperature.
Cut the cake in squares. And cut each square in half.
Place first half of each square back in the pan.
Mix coffee, sugar and cognac in a cup and wet the squares using half of the syrup.
Mix the heavy cream and mascarpone cheese for the filling. Spread the 3/4 of if on the cake squares.
Place the other square halves over the tiramisu filling and wet these with the remaining syrup.
Spread the remaining filling cream over the top and sift cocoa powder over them.
Chill for an hour.
Serve with a garnish of fresh mint leaves.

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