Easy Tiramisu Cake No Bake Dessert
Tiramisu is a coffee-flavored Italian dessert. It is made of ladyfingers dipped in coffee, layered with a whipped mixture of eggs, sugar, and mascarpone cheese, flavored with cocoa. The recipe has been adapted into many varieties of cakes and other desserts.
What does tiramisu literally mean?
Today, Tiramisù is the world's most famous dessert and it is considered a modern dessert par “excellence”. The word Tiramisù literally means “pick me up”. It comes from the Treviso dialect, “Tireme su”, Italianised into Tiramisù in the latter half of the 20th century.
What is the main flavor in tiramisu?
Tiramisu has a very unique flavor profile which adds to its popularity. The main flavor of tiramisu is a sweet, creamy, coffee flavor.
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Easy Tiramisu Cake No Bake Dessert
Ingredients
1 1/2 cups espresso (or strong coffee), room temperature
6 Tbsp golden rum divided
40 ladyfingers
6 egg yolks (large)
3/4 cup granulated sugar
16 oz mascarpone cold
2 cups heavy whipping cream cold
2-3 Tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder to dust the top
Instructions
In a bowl, stir together 1 1/2 cups espresso and 3 Tbsp rum. Quickly dip half of the ladyfingers, one at a time, and arrange in a single layer in the bottom of a 9x13 casserole dish. Dip once on each side so they are moist but do not soak ladyfingers or the cake will collapse.
Whisk together yolks and sugar. Place over steam (on a saucepan with simmering water) and whisk 9-10 minutes on low heat until the mixture is lighter in color and slightly thickened. Remove from heat and let cool slightly while doing step 3.
Beat together 16 oz mascarpone and 3 Tbsp rum. Use an electric hand mixer to beat in the warm yolk mixture until well incorporated.
In a separate bowl, beat cold heavy whipping cream until medium peaks form (about 3-4 minutes). Use a spatula to fold half of the whipped cream into mascarpone cream then blend in the remaining whipped cream, just until incorporated. Do not overfold or it will become grainy.
Spread half of the cream over the first layer of ladyfingers. Dip and arrange remaining ladyfingers. Spread remaining cream. Refrigerate overnight. Dust with cocoa powder before serving. It is ok to dust with cocoa ahead of time - it will just darken it in color from the moisture.
Enjoy your Easy Tiramisu Cake No-Bake Dessert!