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Tiramisu

Volunteered to make tiramisu for department lunch but haven't made tiramisu before. Very clever. The recipe I followed was good but was still doubting myself along the way. How much coffee to make, how to even make coffee?! and how much cream to put! How many layers!

This is a no-egg version, less sinful I suppose? Also easier to make.

Safe to say now I have nailed it after trying this twice! Haha. Pretty easy once you get the hang of it.

Tiramisu

1 1/2 cups heavy whipping cream (35% fat)
8 oz mascarpone cream (that 1 container)
1/3 cup caster sugar
1 tsp vanilla essence
1 1/2 cups cold espresso (no sugar)
1 packet lady fingers, Savoiardi brand
Cocoa powder for dusting

  1. Whip cold whipping cream with a whisk attachment on high for a few minutes until volume increases.
  2. Slowly add vanilla and sugar. Whisk further until stiff peaks form. 
  3. Add mascarpone cream and whisk for a while only until combined.
  4. Make coffee! I used espresso powder. Didn't realise need to filter still. Just make it thick and no sugar needed as the lady fingers already have sugar.
  5. Dip the lady fingers quickly (once on each side) and put as the bottom layer in the container.
  6. After one layer is complete, spread with the cream mixture, probably 1cm thickness? Not too much unless you like a lot of cream.
  7. Dust off with cocoa powder and let it chill overnight!


Two layers seem sufficient, I made one with two and one with three layers. 


This is it, with a taste test after leaving it overnight. Sedap omg. Since it was my first time, could've probably used stronger coffee. Probably for the next batch, since I still have 1 tub of mascarpone left in the fridge!

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