Ingredients:
- 1/2 cup plus 3 tablespoons mochiko powder (sweet rice flour)
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 4 tablespoons cocoa powder, such as Ghiradelli
- 2 pasteurized eggs
- 6 tablespoons baker’s (superfine) sugar
- 9 1/2 ounces mascarpone cheese
- 1 1/4 cup manufacturing cream
- 2 tablespoons finely crushed chocolate cream cookies (2 to 3 cookies), plus more for serving
- 1 cup espresso coffee
- 2 1/2 tablespoons amaretto or rum
- 12 ladyfingers
- 6 chocolate straw cookies, for garnish