Delicious berry tiramisu in just 10 minutes with Gemma's recipe

Bigger Bolder Baking with Gemma Stafford
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Oct 15, 2026
Hi Bold Bakers, you'll be glad to know
that 10 minute desserts are possible.
A lot of you have tried my 10 minute tiramisu
and given it a 5 star rating on my website.
So I thought why not throw another one into the mix
and let's make a 10 minute berry
tiramisu full of seasonal berries and perfect for summertime.
Now the recipe as always can be found
on BiggerBolderBaking.com and if you make it, rate it and also submit
a photo so everyone else can see.
Okay let's get started in a saucepan.
Add in some water and sugar.
And then just turn up the heat to medium
and just let it simmer until the sugar dissolves.
So once it comes to a simmer,
knock it off the heat and we're gonna add in our berries.
So here are some raspberries, gorgeous color,
fantastic flavor for this time of year.
The only thing I love more than raspberries are blueberries.
So in you go.
And then last but not least, some strawberries.
Now all we're going to do is just let that sit,
let the flavors kind of marinate and
the juices come out of the berries,
we don't want to cook it, we just want to poach some
berries slightly to get out that flavor.
So leave that to hang out
and we're gonna get started on our mascarpone cream.
So in this nice large bowl I'm gonna
pour in some heavy whipping cream, now you need
a cream that's gonna whip up well,
some sugar, and some vanilla extract.
So here I have my electric mixer
and I'm gonna whip this up until it forms soft peaks.
Now the reason this is a ten minute recipe
is because it's not the traditional kind
of tiramisu mousse, it doesn't have eggs
and all that stuff in it, it's a little
bit faster but it does have all of the lovely components
of a tiramisu so you're not missing
out on anything.
And also if you are vegetarian and don't eat eggs,
this is the perfect recipe for you.
So around two or three minutes later you have
softly whipped cream, now our next ingredient
is very important in tiramisu and it is mascarpone,
this is a key ingredient.
if you don't have mascarpone,
you can always leave it out and maybe use cream cheese instead,
but you can't replace it with ricotta
because that's something a little bit different.
Now all you want to do is go back in with your mixer
and then just whip this up again until
it's really lovely and thick.
So one of the reasons this is such a great dessert for this
time of year is that berries are in season
and when they're in season, they're cheaper,
and they've got better flavor.
So it's a really great time to make something like this.
So that is our quick and easy mascarpone mousse
for want of a better word. So I'm going to set
this over to the side. And now we're going
to bring back in our berries. Now here I have a
bowl lined with a strainer.
And what I'm going to do is just remove the liquid from the berries.
This is going to be the liquid that we dip
our ladyfingers in. It tastes really lovely, it has all the
flavor from the fruit. Perfect.
And I put my fruit in a separate bowl, and then bring in all my
my components for a tiramisu.
So now into our fruit syrup if you want to give it a little
bit of a lift because it doesn't have
a coffee like the normal tiramisu I like to
put in some creme de cassis.
Now this is a black currant liqueur but feel free to leave
it out it is totally optional.
Ok that's it I have my cream, I've got my fruit, I've
got my liquid right here and then most importantly ladyfingers.
Now the last tiramisu I made
one of the biggest questions
was I don't have ladyfingers. Here's the great thing.
I have put a recipe for this on my website,
they are super easy to make so if you can't
buy them in a store you can make them easily at home.
And I have my homemade ones that I'm gonna use today.
So now in my opinion the secret to a perfect tiramisu
is something that is not too wet.
So all you want to do is take your ladyfingers,
just give them a quick dunk in and out and
then you're done and then lay them into your dish.
Now I have a dish here that's 8x8
and it's the perfect size for a family.
So just lay them into the bottom of your dish.
don't feel tempted to leave them in there to soak them up,
they soak up so fast that
you just want to give them a dunk. In you go.
And then just lay them in the bottom of
your dish until you have a nice layer.
Our next layer is some generous spoonfuls of our
berries. So just around half of your fruit, scatter it over the top.
You want a nice thick
layer of this. And then our next lovely layer is our mascarpone cream.
Now same deal, just
half of this and spread it over the fruit.
As you can see, this is a really fast dessert to make.
Now we're going to start the same layer over again. So lady fingers,
done, done, beautiful, more fruit,
you can use up all the fruit now because this is our last
layer into the corners all around.
And then lastly, the rest of your mascarpone cream. Beautiful. I
just have the perfect amount of mascarpone cream for the top.
So just to send this over the edge,
I'm going to top it off with a few strawberries and blueberries.
Just so people can get an idea
of what's on the inside.
And then I'm going to scatter over some toasted slivered almonds.
It'll give nice texture to this and also
that nuttiness will be nice with the fruit. And then
of course a generous dusting of powdered sugar
because everything looks better with powdered
sugar on it. It's like a little kiss of sugar.
Fantastic. So now what you want to do is let this
chill out in the fridge for a couple of hours,
maybe three to four hours and then it's set and
all those flavors marry together.
Then it'll be ready to scoop. So it's been a few hours and our
tiramisu is ready to enjoy.
So with a serving spoon, I'm going to take a nice big scoop.
Look at all those gorgeous layers that we created and the color.
I don't like to make this too far
in advance because otherwise it might get a little bit wet.
So a few hours before you're ready to
serve and it's perfect. Oh, oh my gosh, that's delicious.
Oh my gosh, that's so delicious.
I love tiramisu, but this is a whole other type of tiramisu,
it's got such great flavor,
season is perfect for berries and all this lovely fruit,
this is without a doubt going
to be a family favorite.
Perfect dessert for summertime, picnicking,
out at the beach, just eating al fresco, everybody
is going to love it.
Now remember if you make it, rate it on BiggerBolderBaking.com,
I would love to know what you think of this
recipe.
Thanks for watching and I'll see you back here really soon
for more Bigger Bolder Baking.
