Eggless Tiramisu (completely Egg Free Tiramisu with Eggless Savoiardi Biscuits)

This Eggless Tiramisu, as the title says, is completely eggless. Quite often, when you see a recipe for eggless tiramisu, it is only the filling, that is the mascarpone mix, that is egg free. The biscuits used are usually still your standard, shop bought savoiardi biscuits, also known as lady finger biscuits.

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Eggless Tiramisu in glasses
Eggless Tiramisu

Why make Eggless Tiramisu?

In our case, it’s because my girls are allergic to eggs, have been since they were babies. Even their birthday cakes are eggless.

The traditional tiramisu filling, or custard, as one might call it, is made of raw eggs. Many people don’t like the idea of consuming raw eggs, or serving anything with them, because of the small risk of salmonella from contaminated eggs. This is especially if kids and the elderly are involved.

In this Eggless Tiramisu recipe, we use our homemade eggless savoiardi biscuits (below), which can be made up to 2 days earlier. Click here for the recipe. 

Eggless Savoiardi Biscuits
Eggless Savoiardi Biscuits

Eggless Tiramisu Recipe

Solves the above problems! The tiramisu filling is made with a combination of whipped double cream and mascarpone (cheese). This is how we do it:

  • Make strong, fresh coffee and let it come to room temperature
  • Whip the double cream (heavy cream)
  • Beat the sugar with the mascarpone
  • Assemble the tiramisu

This is assuming you have already made the eggless savoiardi biscuits. If not, get those done a few hours before, so they’ll cool down before you use them. Warm biscuits, and likewise, warm coffee, will give you a soggy tiramisu, as the biscuits will absorb too much coffee.

Baileys Tiramisu
Baileys Tiramisu

How to Make Great Eggless Tiramisu

You just want to bear in mind a few things. The biscuits and the filling aside, everything else stays the same as when making the traditional tiramisu. Take a look at our Baileys Tiramisu above.

The Coffee

You have to use fresh coffee, espresso is great, if not, strong fresh black coffee, made in your carafe or coffee machine. No instant, please.

Instant coffee has no place in tiramisu!

Make it strong, for a real coffee hit, as your tiramisu should have. Make it decaf, if you are afraid of not being able to go to bed after!

The Alcohol in Tiramisu

You can skip the alcohol, especially if kids are eating it. Or you can use any number of coffee flavoured liqueurs like Kahlua, or use Baileys – my favourite!

The Chocolate in Tiramisu

The chocolate you use for tiramisu must have at least 70% cocoa content, and be of good quality. You want it dark to contrast with the creamy filling, both will enhance each other.

Grate the chocolate straight onto the tiramisu, if you can. Because, touching the grated chocolate will soften and melt it, unless you have very, very cold hands! Like me in winter! If you can’t stand the mess that makes, then, transfer the grated chocolate over with a metal spoon, sprinkling it evenly over the tiramisu.

Eggless Tiramisu in glasses
I prefer serving tiramisu in individual portions

Tiramisu Must Be Made Ahead

No two ways about it. A minimum of 4 hours, but overnight is best. This is so the flavours can develop and a certain amount of osmosis can take place!

Let’s go make us some Eggless Tiramisu!

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Eggless Tiramisu

Eggless Tiramisu (with Eggless Savoiardi Biscuits)

Totally Eggless Tiramisu Recipe, using double cream and mascarpone for the filling, and homemade eggless Savoiardi biscuits.
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Course: Desserts
Cuisine: Italian
Keyword: eggless, italian recipes, make ahead
Prep Time: 30 minutes
Chilling Time: 6 hours
Total Time: 6 hours 30 minutes
Servings: 8
Calories: 359kcal
Author: Azlin Bloor

Ingredients

  • 250 g (9 oz) double cream (heavy/whipping cream)
  • 250 g (9 oz) mascarpone
  • 60 g (2 oz) white sugar
  • 1 portion eggless Savoiardi biscuits
  • 250 ml (1 cup) strong, espresso, at room temperature
  • 60 g (2 oz) dark, 70% chocolate
  • 2 Tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder

Optional alcohol

  • 4 Tbsp kahlua or Baileys, amaretto, rum, etc

You will need a square baking dish measuring about 16cm (7″) or something similar. Or 6-8 serving glasses.

    Instructions

    Cream and Mascarpone

    • Place the double cream in a roomy bowl and beat to the soft peak stage.
    • Using the same beaters, beat the sugar and mascarpone lightly, for about 20 seconds, just to loosen the cheese.
    • Fold the cream into the mascarpone in 3 additions. That’s it for the filling.

    Assembling the Tiramisu

    • Pour the coffee and alcohol, if using, into a shallow dish.
    • Dip the biscuits into the coffee mix for 5 seconds, no more, shake off excess, and arrange on the base of your chosen dish in a single layer. Or in glasses as in the image here. If using glasses, you’ll have to break the biscuits to fit, and push them down.
    • Top the damp biscuits with half the mascarpone mixture for the big dish. In glasses, about 1-2 heaped tablespoons, depending on the size of your glasses.
    • Grate half the chocolate all over the mascarpone layer.
    • Repeat this with another layer of the coffee dipped savoiardi biscuits, the mascarpone mix and the second half of the grated chocolate.
    • Cover with clingfilm and place in the fridge for a minimum of 4 hours to set, even overnight, for the ideal party dessert.
    • Just before you serve, top the grated chocolate with a fine layer of cocoa powder using a sieve.

    Nutrition

    Calories: 359kcal | Carbohydrates: 18g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 29g | Saturated Fat: 18g | Cholesterol: 77mg | Sodium: 38mg | Potassium: 132mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 13g | Vitamin A: 905IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 71mg | Iron: 1mg
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    16 thoughts on “Eggless Tiramisu (completely Egg Free Tiramisu with Eggless Savoiardi Biscuits)”

      1. Hi Rachana, digestive biscuits are a little too strong in flavour, in my opinion. If you are looking at a completely eggless tiramisu, you know I have a recipe here for making the eggless Savoiardi biscuits: https://www.linsfood.com/eggless-egg-free-savoiardi-lady-fingers-biscuits/
        Takes about 30 minutes, and will keep in an airtight container for a few days. And use yoghurt instead of buttermilk, if you can’t find buttermilk.

        A better substitute for the biscuits would be a plain butter cake, sliced thinly or in cubes.

        If you have absolutely no choice, then go ahead with the digestives, it will still be nice, I think.

    1. The picture is out of this world awesome and the recipe for my most favourite dessert sounds so simple and doable. I’m bookmarking this for Eid.

    2. Looking for a good egg free tiramisu for my husband, who also can’t eat egg. I’ll try this recipe for Christmas. Thank Azlin.

    3. Thank you, Chef. I use your eggless lemon curd recipe all the time. I’m looking forward to try this with the eggless biscuits.

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