Tiramisu

Course Dessert

Cuisine American, Italian

Keyword no-bake desserts

Prep Time 20

Refrigeration Time 2

Total Time 2 20

Servings

Calories 363kcal

Author Emma Chapman

Equipment

stand mixer or electric mixer

Ingredients

1 ¼ cups heavy whipping cream
1 teaspoon meringue powder
⅓ cup granulated white sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
8 ounces mascarpone
1 shot espresso
1 cup water
¼ cup coffee liqueur
1 package lady fingers
2 tablespoons cocoa powder

Instructions

Allow your mascarpone to reach room temperature.
In a stand mixer or with an electric mixer, beat the heavy whipping cream and meringue powder and until soft peaks form.
Then, while mixing, add in granulated white sugar and vanilla extract until stiff peaks form.
Use a rubber spatula to fold in the softened mascarpone until combined with the whipped cream.
In a pie pan or plate with a large lip, combine the espresso, water and coffee liqueur.
Quickly dip the lady fingers in the mixture and then place in an even layer in a 8×8 square pan.
Once you have the bottom layer, add a layer of the cream filling and smooth into an even layer.
Repeat another layer of lady fingers on top. Then the remaining layer of cream filling.
Dust the top of the tiramisu with cocoa powder.
Cover and refrigerate for at least two hours, but up to two days before serving.

Notes

If you want to make this in a 9×13 pan, you can easily double this recipe.

The "hardest" part of tiramisu in my opinion is removing it from the pan to serve. If this bothers you, consider building the dessert in individual ramekins or even wine glasses to serve.

Meringue powder - There isn’t a great substitute for this ingredient, BUT if you can’t find it you can skip it and this recipe will still be very good. It just adds some lift and a little dimension to the whipped cream.

Mascarpone - If you can’t find this soft cheese, you can substitute cream cheese.

Espresso - Instead of espresso and water you can use 1 1/4 cups coffee or decaf coffee.

Coffee liqueur - Other great options are rum or marsala wine. If you want an alcohol-free option, I would just skip it and add an additional 1/4 cup coffee or decaf coffee.

Lady fingers - These can be a little hard to find at some grocery stores; at mine, they are usually in the freezer of the bakery section. If you can’t find them, I would use vanilla wafers instead, which are more hardy and crispy, so feel free to soak just a little longer to soften them.

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