TIRAMISU CAKE
Create: May 18, 2019 Edit: May 28, 2019
This easy tiramisu cake is made of a tender vanilla cake soaked with coffee syrup, topped with creamy mascarpone frosting, and dusted with cocoa powder.
Just like classic tiramisu in cake form!
What Is Tiramisu?
This Italian dessert loosely translates to a “pick me up” and falls somewhere between a pudding and a trifle. Layers of whipped pudding known as zabaglione are layered with coffee and liqueur-soaked lady fingers.
Then the whole dish is topped with cocoa powder or shaved chocolate. The history and invention of tiramisu is quite disputed, with some Italians claiming it to be a rustic heritage dish and others saying it could only have been invented by an Italian pastry chef.
It became popular in the U.S. in the 1980s where it remains popular as a “restaurant only” type dessert.
Tiramisu at home requires a bit of work (mostly in making a zabaglione from whipped eggs), but since making this dish at home means you can dial in the flavors exactly as you like them, the efforts are well worth it.
As your fork swipes through a serving you’ll find that the lady fingers are miraculously tender, holding together a light-as-air pudding.
Each bite is rich and creamy with a balanced sweetness and just a little boozy with coffee and cocoa’s bitterness for a dessert that keeps you coming back for more after each bite.
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