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Homemade No Bake Tiramisu

This Homemade No Bake Tiramisu is the perfect pick me up! It starts with layers of espresso soaked lady fingers, lightly sweet mascarpone cream flavored with coffee liqueur and topped with dark chocolate shavings.
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 40 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 10 minutes
Course Anything Sweet, No Bake Desserts
Cuisine Italian-American
Servings 8 servings
Calories 300 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 5 extra large egg yolks
  • 1/2 cup of white sugar
  • 1/2 cup of Kahlua coffee liqueur
  • 1 1/4 cups of unsweetened espresso (freshly brewed)
  • 16 ounces of mascarpone cheese
  • 1 package of ladyfingers (approx. 30 ladyfingers)
  • Dark or bittersweet chocolate (shaved)

Instructions
 

  • Whisk the egg yolks and sugar in a bowl until light yellow in color and slightly thick.
  • Next add 1/4 cup of unsweetened espresso and 1/4 cup of Kahlua in the egg mixture. Whisk again
  • Add the mascarpone cheese to the mixture and incorporate well until fully smooth. The espresso cream is now complete.
  • In a shallow bowl, mix remaining espresso and Kahlua liqueur and soak the crystalized sugar-side of the ladyfingers. Only soak one side of the ladyfingers.
  • Place the sugar side of the soaked ladyfingers, facing up, at the bottom of a glass dish.
  • Cover ladyfingers with layer of the espresso cream and smooth neatly.
  • Next cover the espresso cream layer with shavings of dark chocolate.
  • Repeat layers again until all ingredients are used.
  • Chill tiramisu overnight and enjoy!

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