Tiramisu, a dessert made of layers of coffee soaked ladyfingers and a rich cheese =) Each bite will have rich yet airy cream cheese and spongy coffee flavored ladyfingers. Today I'm going to share how to make the eggless and non-alcoholic Tiramisu. The recipe is vv simple ( doesn't have tons of complicated and annoying steps and takes about 30 minutes to complete ) but totally indulgent. Below are the basic overview of the steps in making this tiramisu recipe:
First, start by preparing the ingredients:
• 250gm cream cheese
• 250ml whipping cream
• Ladyfingers ( Italian cookies with powdered sugar on one side )
• Hot water
• Vanilla essence
• White Sugar
• Coffee powder
• Cocoa powder
I use Tatura cream cheese instead of Philadelphia cream cheese. The price of Tatura was a fair bit cheaper than Philadelphia xD ( Note : Tiramisu is traditionally made with Marscarpone cheese, which is an Italian cheese. It’s very similar to cream cheese, but smoother. You can use either Marscarpone or you can use cream cheese. Depends on you. I used cream cheese because I didn’t find it at store and I didn’t want to go to others store because of my laziness =.= )
I use 35% fat whipping cream instead of whipped cream. You may have question what's the different of whipping cream and shipped cream. Well, whipping cream is thick cream than can be whipped so that it doubles in volume and whipped cream is thick cream that has already been whipped.
2 teaspoon vanilla essence. ( Note : Vanilla just makes it tastes better or gives it a flavor. You can use any kind of extract, depending on what you want your cake to taste like. )
Combine the cream cheese, whipping cream, vanilla essence and sugar in a mixing bowl and beat in high speed.
Pour some white sugar. ( Note : You can substitute with brown sugar because brown sugar contains molasses, which may change the texture and flavor but the sweetness level will be the same. )
Dissolve the coffee powder ( Nescafe ) in a glass of hot water. ( Note : You can add Bailey or Kahlua if you like. )
Dip the ladyfinger into the coffee, rotating to coat all sides. Letting the ladyfingers soak too long will cause them to fall apart so just dip 3 seconds.
Place the soaked ladyfinger on the container.
Pour a layer of the cream cheese mixture on the ladyfingers.
Spoon over half of the filling over the ladyfingers and spread evenly. Repeat with another layer of ladyfingers and spoon over the remaining filling.
Cocoa powder ( to dust ). You can substitute with Milo if you didn't have any cocoa powder. I prefer cocoa powder because Milo has more of a malt taste.
Dust the top with cocoa powder as much as you like.
Tiramisu should be served cold. Store the layered tiramisu in the fridge for at least 2 hours before serving. ( The Tiramisu can be kept in the fridge for up to 2 days )
Simple and inexpensive Tiramisu done!! Itadakimsu!!!! This recipe makes 3-4 servings. If you are making it to feed a crowd, you can use a large baking dish and x3 the ingredients and it will make around 12 serves. If you are reading this post, I hope it will be useful for you. Good luck ❤
