Homemade Easy Tiramisu Recipe (2024)

I love tiramisu! It is also one of my family’s favorite desserts. There is nothing better than homemade tiramisu, super-simplerecipefor the Italian classic.

Ingredients:
Cake Layers:
8 eggs
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
2 Tbsp. cornstarch
1 tsp. vanilla extract

Syrup:
2 Tbsp. sugar
1 1/2 cups strong brewed coffee
2 Tbsp. Heavy Cream
3 Tbsp. coffee liqueur

Filling:
2 (8 ounce) container mascarpone cheese
2 cups powder sugar
1 Tbsp. vanilla extract
3 cups heavy cream

Topping:
2 cups grated semisweet chocolate
2-3 Tbsp. cocoa powder for dusting

Direction:
Cake layers:
Preheat oven to 350F (175 degrees C). Grease 3 (9 inch) pans.
In a mixer whip eggs and 1 1/2 cups sugar until thick and pale in color.
In separate bowl combine flour and cornstarch; sift into the separate bowl.
Gently using rubber spatula fold in flour mixture. Divide batter between 3 pans.
Bake in the preheated oven for 20 to 25 minutes. Let cool completely.
Filling:
Combine mascarpone, powder sugar and vanilla in a large bowl. With electric mixer whisk together until completely smooth, scraping the bottom of the bowl to remove any lumps. Slowly whisk in the heavy cream. Whip until soft peaks form.
Syrup:
Stir together sugar, heavy cream, coffee and coffee liqueur until sugar is dissolved. Set aside.
Assembling the cake:
Place one cake layer on a serving plate. Spray with coffee mixture over cake until it’s well soaked, and then spread 1/6 of the filling mixture (about 1.5 cups), sprinkle with 3 table spoons of grated chocolate; top with another layer; spray with coffee mixture over cake until it’s soaked, then spread 1/6 of the filling mixture; sprinkle with 3 table spoons of grated chocolate and top with the last cake layer; spray with coffee mixture over cake until it’s soaked.

Lightly spread sides of cake with filling. (for the top, I used cake decorating bag with round tip and piped little circles onto the cake)

Place cocoa in a sieve and lightly dust top of cake.

Decorate the side of the cake with extra shaved chocolate… Be creative!!!
Refrigerate for a few hours or overnight.

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25 Comments

1. 

   NatashaJune 3, 2013 at 11:26 pm - Reply

   Mmmmmm, one of my favorite cakes!! Love it!

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     InessaJune 4, 2013 at 1:53 pm - Reply

     Thanks Natasha,
     It’s one of my favorites as well. Moist and delicious 🙂

2. 

   innaJune 5, 2013 at 9:27 am - Reply

   Hi Inessa,
   Tiramisu is one of my favorites. I prefer desserts that are not too sweet. I make it with a sponge cake as well and its one of the fastest cakes I make.

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     InessaJune 14, 2013 at 9:31 am - Reply

     Hi Inna, I love, love this cake….sponge cake sounds good too 🙂
     Thank you.

3. 

   Louise BloomJune 7, 2013 at 1:57 am - Reply

   I find tiramisu a very delicious dessert because it has coffee in it. Your tiramisu is moist and really looks yummy.

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     InessaJune 14, 2013 at 9:31 am - Reply

     Hi Louise, I agree it’s moist and full of flavors 🙂

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   easyfoodsmithJune 7, 2013 at 7:08 am - Reply

   Such a lovely creation Inessa. The tutorial is very helpful. A very tempting dessert indeed! Pinned it!

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     InessaJune 14, 2013 at 9:30 am - Reply

     Thank you 🙂

5. 

   elenJune 7, 2013 at 6:08 pm - Reply

   Nice! I will try this except i usually add cream cheese instead of mascarpone. Where do you get mascarpone cheese?

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     InessaJune 14, 2013 at 9:34 am - Reply

     Thanks Elen :), I get my mascarpone from Trader Joe’s but most of the fine Grocery Stores has it.
     Cream cheese will work too but mascarpone makes this cake more silky and special.

6. 

   alanaJune 12, 2013 at 6:53 pm - Reply

   can I use rum instead of coffee liquor?

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     InessaJune 14, 2013 at 9:18 am - Reply

     Hi Alana, yes rum will do 🙂

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8. 

   AnnaJuly 18, 2014 at 8:13 am - Reply

   Hi! Could I just bake the cake in one pan and then slice into 3 layers after it’s done baking?

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     InessaJuly 19, 2014 at 10:40 pm - Reply

     Yes you can. I recommend to have a nice deep pan.

9. 

   ScarlettApril 2, 2016 at 8:26 am - Reply

   Hello, I’m very excited to try out this new Tiramisu recipe, I only have one question about it. What kind of Heavy cream do you use? It doesn’t matter the brand but I know at different grocery stores it has different descriptions and flavours/fat free, and so on…

10. 

    Sarah KhanOctober 14, 2016 at 11:17 am - Reply

    Hi i made this cake but the sponge is little hard can i add oil to sponge recipe??

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      InessaOctober 15, 2016 at 4:13 pm - Reply

      I never tried adding oil. It shouldn’t be hard.

11. 

    Sarah KhanOctober 19, 2016 at 12:37 pm - Reply

    Hi again my was hard cause i dint add fresh crem to the syrup maybe

12. 

    EzzyJanuary 22, 2017 at 5:52 pm - Reply

    Hi this looks amazing. I will make this for my daughters 4th birthday, a cake fir the adults to eat. Cant wait.
    Also in your instructions you say to grease 3 9″ pans..but i see you slice the cake in 3?!?!?!

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      InessaJanuary 23, 2017 at 4:09 pm - Reply

      Ezzy, you can bake in a tall pan and cut into 3 layers, or bake in 3 different pans
      Enjoy

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    TinaJanuary 5, 2018 at 5:40 pm - Reply

    Hands down, best Tiramisu cake ever!!!

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      InessaMarch 27, 2018 at 6:08 pm - Reply

      Thank you Tina. I am glad you enjoyed it .

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