Tiramisù

I saw that there are many recipes for Tiramisù already, but I wanted to propose mine anyway! This one’s without biscuits, the base is sponge cake. I did it because, just arrived in Hamburg, I met a vegan boy, Benno, an exquisite guy, who accompanied me and let me know the town. Loves Italian food and asked me if I can do Tiramisu… I wanted to give it a try, so when I’ll be back I can do it for him!

Ingredients:
for the sponge cake:
147 gr of  wholewheat flour
147 gr of potato starch
80 gr of sugar cane
250 gr of water
60 gr of oil
9 gr of baking powder
salt, vanilla extract
for the cream:
(from the book “La cucina etica dolce”, slightly modified)
600 gr of of soy milk
30 gr of flour
15 gr of starch
30 gr of non-hydrogenated margarine
60 gr of sugar cane – in theory you should use the white one, but I always use the dark
300 gr of whipping cream
coffee + liqueur
cocoa powder

Method:
Sift flour and starch, add sugar and make a well: then add all the liquid ingredients, last one being baking powder. Stir thoroughly, incorporating air. Bake at 180°C for 30 minutes (toothpick test!). Meanwhile, prepare the cream: dissolve flour and starch with a little milk, and place the rest of the ingredients on the stove, with margarine and sugar. When it starts boiling, remove a bit of mixture and mix it with milk + flour, whisking well to avoid lumps, then pour it back into the saucepan on the stove. Let it thicken and make it cool. When ready, whip the cream (put it in the fridge for half an hour before using) and add to the mixture. Cut the sponge cake (I cut it in 3 layers, and then cut into sticks the size of a ladyfinger); dunk it in coffee and begin making layers: sponge cake, cream (if you like, also cocoa powder), and so on until the end. Cover with a nice dusting of cocoa and let it chill in the fridge, we couldn’t resist and we had it for lunch, but the cooler the better!

Chef: Pupazza from VeganBlog

1. heidi 20 March 2011 at 11:57

   

   This is exactly what I was looking for! Thanks

   
   
2. Cassandra78 20 March 2011 at 12:03

   

   Sounds GREAT! I love the fork in the pics, by the way 🙂

   
   
3. Moky 21 March 2011 at 06:10

   

   At long last… a tiramisu’ recipe that makes sense for us across the Big Pond!! Hurray!!
   Now, if I could only find locally the soy cream…
   🙁