Quick and simple tiramisu recipe for a delightful dessert experience

Bigger Bolder Baking with Gemma Stafford
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Oct 28, 2026
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Hi Bold Bakers, no matter how much time you have,
there is always enough to make a big
and bold dessert.
Today I'm gonna show you how you can make
a decadent tiramisu in just 10 minutes.
Now the recipe for this dessert can be found on my website,
BiggerBolderBaking.com.
Okay we're gonna start out in a large bowl.
Okay so our first ingredient is heavy whipping cream.
Now no matter what country you're in,
use the cream that whips up the best.
And then into the cream we're gonna add
in a little bit of sugar just to give this
a little bit of sweetness, not too much.
And then of course one of my favorite
ingredients, some vanilla extract.
Now if you don't have this, feel free to leave it out.
But I just think it adds a nice little kick to it.
So now you can use a whisk or an electric hand mixer,
and what you want to do is just
whip up your cream until soft peaks form.
Some cream might have sprayed around the kitchen
a little bit, not just in the bowl, but that's
okay.
Now into this we're gonna add in some mascarpone,
and that's what you put in a traditional tiramisu.
If you don't have mascarpone, don't worry,
you can always mix some cream cheese and sour
cream together and I'm gonna put that information on the website.
So in goes the mascarpone, now the next thing I like to add
but if you don't want to feel
free to leave it out, a splash
of brandy will just elevate the flavor of this mousse and
make it that much more decadent.
Just a little tipple, not too much.
And then we're gonna go back in with our mixer
and then just whip it up together until the
mascarpone and the cream have mixed up nicely.
So now a traditional tiramisu has a mousse
that has eggs in it, but the thing about it
is that takes longer to make.
So if you leave out the eggs you can make
this one which is much faster.
The good thing about it is that I know a lot
of bold bakers out there don't actually
eat eggs so this tiramisu is probably even better for you.
Okay it does take a few minutes
but once it reaches stiff peaks and it's nice and thick
just like this, your mousse is ready to go.
So now I'm just gonna set this over to the side,
bring in the rest of my tiramisu accoutrement
and start to build our dessert.
So here I have some coffee that I made this morning and it's gone cold.
Now for this recipe you can't substitute coffee out
for anything because coffee is
a very important flavor in tiramisu.
So what we're gonna do is take our ladyfingers,
give them a quick little dunk in there, turn
them over, and then lay it into your dish.
Just keep on going with the rest of your ladyfingers
and what you want to do is just quick dunk.
You don't want to leave it in there too long
because they can get kind of mushy and you
don't want that.
Just keep on going until you've covered the base of your dish.
They fit in there nice and snug.
Okay so now our next layer is our mousse.
Now what you want to do is take a nice big
spoonful and just scoop it on top.
Now be generous with this, this is my favorite part.
So don't be shy. Just cover over all
your ladyfingers with a nice thick layer. Perfect.
Okay so now that's our second layer.
The next thing to do is to repeat the ladyfingers
over again. So what we're gonna do is dip them
in the coffee and lay them on top of
this lovely cream layer. In you go, nice and neat.
So now just like before we're going
to add another thin layer of mousse on top of this.
And we're gonna spread it all around,
getting into all the corners.
Now we're not doing another layer of ladyfingers, what I'm
going to do is I'm gonna put the leftover mousse
into a piping bag, and then I'm just
going to pipe lovely little dollops of it on top.
Now you don't have to do this, this
is just a nice added extra,
but it will just make it look so beautiful. And nobody will
believe that you whipped it up in ten minutes.
Look at that, just like out of a restaurant.
So you don't need a piping nozzle to do this,
just cut the end off your bag, and just
do little dots, and like I said,
if you don't want to you don't have to, but it just gives
it a lovely finish.
Okay, so this looks really good,
but what's going to make it look even better is a nice
dusting of cocoa powder, and that will really just finish it off.
Do you see how something
so simple like cocoa powder just transforms a dessert?
Absolutely gorgeous, and your piping skills
do not have to be spot on, which is lucky
because mine aren't.
So now what you want to do is pop this guy
into the fridge for around an hour or two,
let it chill, just let it get nice and cold and set.
Tiramisu likes to hang out, relax,
and let all those flavors marry together.
So I'm just going to pop him into the fridge.
So our tiramisu has been in the fridge
for a few hours, it's nice and cold, so now
I'm going to serve myself a nice big scoop.
This recipe will serve around six people,
but in my house, it will serve myself and
Kevin twice.
So this is my kind of dessert, and I'll tell you why.
It has layers.
You've got the creamy mascarpone mousse,
you've got the ladyfingers that give you a little
bit of bite, and then you've got the sweet cocoa powder on top.
Just absolute heaven.
This is perfect for a dinner party or friends coming around,
whip it up, and they will be
absolutely amazed.
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