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Italian · Dessert

Tiramisu Cake

Layers of light ladyfinger sponge soaked in rum-spiked coffee syrup and a gelatin-stabilised mascarpone cream, frozen in a ring, then dusted with cocoa. It is tiramisu you can slice cleanly and serve with confidence.

  • YieldServes 4
  • Hands-on1 h 50 min
  • Total4 h 47 min
  • Difficulty

Ingredients

Ladyfinger sponge

  • 35 gegg whites, about 3 large
  • 1 pinchegg white powder
  • 20 gsugar
  • 1½ ginvert sugar (Trimoline) or honey
  • 20 gegg yolks, about 3
  • 10 gpastry flour, sifted with the starch
  • 10 gpotato starch
  • to tastepowdered sugar, for dusting the discs

Rum and coffee syrup

  • 60 mlstrong hot coffee
  • 30 gsugar
  • 9½ mldark rum

Tiramisu cream

  • 95 gmascarpone, cold
  • 9½ gcoffee extract
  • 25 gpowdered sugar, sifted
  • 6 mldark rum
  • 130 gheavy cream, cold
  • 1½ ggelatin sheets, bloomed in cold water

Finish

  • to tasteunsweetened cocoa powder, for dusting
  • ½chocolate band or décor, to wrap the base of the cakeoptional

Contains

  • Gluten
  • Dairy
  • Egg
  • Soy
  • Birds' eggs (any)
  • Legumes (any)
  • Wheat
  • Corn (maize)
  • Nightshades (any)
  • Potato (white)
  • All mammal meat (alpha-gal)
  • Beef and veal
  • Pork
  • Gelatin
  • Lecithin (any source)
  • Caffeine and theobromine
  • Lactose
  • FODMAPs (any)
  • Alcohol
  • Cacao and cocoa

Taste

  • Sweet
  • Bitter
  • Richness / fat

Texture

  • Creamy

Equipment

  • Oven
  • Stand mixer
  • Kitchen scale

Season

  • Any season

Occasion

  • Entertaining

Effort

  • Over 90 min active
  • Over 3 hours total
  • Difficulty 3
  • Needs advance prep
  • Make-ahead friendly

Nutrition

  • Calories: low
  • Protein: low
  • Carbs: moderate
  • Fat: moderate
  • Fiber: low
  • Sodium: low

Budget

  • Budget: moderate

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