I love tiramisu! Love the combination of mascarphone cheese, coffee, and liquer in this dessert, because each of those ingredients are my favorite!
Many years back, I've attempted Tiramisu, where the recipe can be found in the Cheese Category of my blog. The recipe and ingredients were simple and the results was delicious as well. However, the recipe I had was meant to be presented in cup, rather than cake form. Well, presenting in cup is fine, but I love the joy of slicing through a cake and peeping inside the cake to see how it has been beautifully layered.
So for a period, while I was researching for some interesting, I came across this site called Brown Eyed Baker. I love her site, and her recipes are always easy to follow and they never fail. On her site, I found a recipe for Tiramisu, which involved a little more steps and ingredients to it.Well, since I've tried a couple of her recipe, no harm giving the Tiramisu recipe a try and see how that turns out.
I have to say the result was DIVINE! I could finally present my Tiramisu in a cake form. The cheese was just nice and not-too-rich. With whipped cream included in the recipe, it just makes the whole cake light, making one unable to resist taking a few more slices.
In my company, we have a bake-off challenge every few months, and I made Tiramisu for the bake-off entry. I'm very happy to say that most people in the company agreed that my Tiramisu was awesome and voted it as #1! What an achievement! And with that, I even had my first cake order in years!
Many years back, I've attempted Tiramisu, where the recipe can be found in the Cheese Category of my blog. The recipe and ingredients were simple and the results was delicious as well. However, the recipe I had was meant to be presented in cup, rather than cake form. Well, presenting in cup is fine, but I love the joy of slicing through a cake and peeping inside the cake to see how it has been beautifully layered.
So for a period, while I was researching for some interesting, I came across this site called Brown Eyed Baker. I love her site, and her recipes are always easy to follow and they never fail. On her site, I found a recipe for Tiramisu, which involved a little more steps and ingredients to it.Well, since I've tried a couple of her recipe, no harm giving the Tiramisu recipe a try and see how that turns out.
I have to say the result was DIVINE! I could finally present my Tiramisu in a cake form. The cheese was just nice and not-too-rich. With whipped cream included in the recipe, it just makes the whole cake light, making one unable to resist taking a few more slices.
In my company, we have a bake-off challenge every few months, and I made Tiramisu for the bake-off entry. I'm very happy to say that most people in the company agreed that my Tiramisu was awesome and voted it as #1! What an achievement! And with that, I even had my first cake order in years!
Tiramisu
Ingredients
2 1/2 cups (590 ml) of strong brewed coffee
1 1/2 tbsp instant espresso powder
6 1/2 tbsp of coffee liquer (I always increase the quantity to give it a stronger taste)
6 egg yolks
135g sugar
1/4 tsp salt
3/4 cup (175 ml) heavy cream
680g mascarphone cheese
400g ladyfingers (1 pack usually comes in a pack of 20 - 24 biscuits)
3 1/2 tbsp cocoa powder
- Stir coffee, espresso, and 2½ tablespoons Kahlua in a wide bowl or baking dish until espresso dissolves; set aside.
- In bowl of standing mixer fitted with whisk attachment, beat yolks at low speed until just combined. Add sugar and salt and beat at medium-high speed until pale yellow, 1½ to 2 minutes, scraping down bowl with rubber spatula once or twice. Add ⅓ cup of the heavy cream to yolks and beat at medium speed until just combined, 20 to 30 seconds; scrape bowl.
- Set the bowl with yolks over a medium saucepan containing 1 inch of gently simmering water; cook, constantly scraping along bottom and sides of bowl with heatproof rubber spatula, until mixture coats back of spoon and registers 160 degrees on instant-read thermometer, 4 to 7 minutes. Remove from heat and stir vigorously to cool slightly, then set aside to cool to room temperature, about 15 minutes.
- Whisk in remaining 4 tablespoons Kahlua until combined. Transfer bowl to standing mixer fitted with whisk attachment, add mascarpone, and beat at medium speed until no lumps remain, 30 to 45 seconds. Transfer mixture to large bowl and set aside.
- In now-empty mixer bowl, beat the remaining cream at medium speed until frothy, 1 to 1½ minutes. Increase speed to high and continue to beat until the cream holds stiff peaks, 1 to 1½ minutes longer. Using a rubber spatula, fold one-third of the whipped cream into mascarpone mixture to lighten, then gently fold in remaining whipped cream until no white streaks remain. Set mascarpone mixture aside.
- Working one at a time, drop half of ladyfingers into coffee mixture, roll, remove and transfer to 13 by 9-inch glass or ceramic baking dish. (Do not submerge ladyfingers in coffee mixture; entire process should take no longer than 2 to 3 seconds for each cookie.) Arrange soaked cookies in single layer in baking dish, breaking or trimming ladyfingers as needed to fit neatly into dish.
- Spread half of mascarpone mixture over ladyfingers; use rubber spatula to spread mixture to sides and into corners of dish and smooth surface. Place 2 tablespoons cocoa in fine-mesh strainer and dust cocoa over mascarpone.
- Repeat dipping and arrangement of ladyfingers; spread remaining mascarpone mixture over ladyfingers and dust with remaining 1½ tablespoons cocoa. Wipe edges of dish with dry paper towel. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate 6 to 24 hours. Cut into pieces and serve chilled. Leftovers can be stored, tightly wrapped, in the refrigerator for up to 3 days.
