4 espresso illustrated Recipes

strong black coffee, room temperature, instant espresso powder or 3 tbsp instant coffee, dark rum, divided (optional), egg yolks, sugar, table salt, mascarpone cheese, heavy cream (cold ), ladyfingers (42 to 60, depending on size), cocoa , preferably dutch-processed, semisweet chocolate (optional) or 1/4 cup bittersweet chocolate, grated (optional)

heavy cream, whole espresso beans (finely ground about 1 tbsp ground ), sugar, mascarpone cheese (generous 1 cup)

butter, melted, cocoa, natural cocoa (not dutch-processed, 2 1/4 oz), bittersweet chocolate, chopped, instant espresso powder (optional), water (boiling ), sour cream, room temperature, unbleached all-purpose flour (8 3/4 oz), table salt, baking soda, unsalted butter, room temperature (1 1/2 sticks), light brown sugar (14 oz), vanilla extract, eggs, room temperature, sugar , for dusting