Categories: Desserts 
      Yield: 8 servings 
  
      2 ea Egg yolks 
    1/2 c  Sugar 
      1 c  Mascarpone Cheese 
      1 pt Whipping cream, chilled 
      1 ts Vanilla 
      1 ea Genoise (sponge cake) sliced 
           Into 3 layers 
    1/4 c  Sugar 
    3/4 c  Espresso or Strong Coffee 
      1 oz Rum 
      2 tb Cocoa powder 
  
   The first set of ingredients is for the filling. 
   
  1) Whisk egg yolks and 1/4 cup of sugar together. Whisk in the Mascarpone 
  cheese. 2) In a seperate bowl, whip the cream, the rest of the sugar and 
  the vanilla until almost stiff - no peaks. 3) Fold the Mascarpone cheese 
  mixture in to the whipped cream and continue to whip, until stiff. Set 
  aside. 4) Make a fully dissolved syrup with 1/4 cup sugar, 2 tbs water, 
  espresso and rum. 5) Brush a layers of sponge cake with the espresso 
  mixture. with a spatula, smooth about a 1/2 inch thick layer of the 
  mascarpone cheese mixture on top. Brush the second layer with espresso, and 
  place it espressso side down on the first layer. Brush the top with 
  espresso. Spread on another 1/2 inch of the mascarpone cheese mixture. 
  repeat the procedure with the third layer of cake. Cover the top and sides 
  of the cakes with thin layer of the mascarpone filling. 6) With a sieve and 
  a spoon, sprinkle the top of the cake with cocoa powder. Cover the sides of 
  the cake with chocolate shavings. Refrigerate at least three hours. This 
  cake does not hold up well when exposed to any heat, so keep it cool. 
   
  From the book; La Cucina di Andrea's by Author Chef Andrea Apuzzo