Homemade Gluten-Free Healthy Tiramisù Recipe | Desserts With Benefits (2024)

FAQs

How many calories in a homemade tiramisu cake? ›

On average, a typical slice of Tiramisu cake or pie (approximately 1/8th of a standard 9-inch cake or pie) may contain around 300 to 400 calories.

"The slight bitterness of coffee, gentle dairy flavour from mascarpone – it's a good balance between luxury ingredients and the stuff you can get at a grocery store," Headley said. "I find the process of making tiramisu therapeutic: soaking the savoiardi and then stacking them in a [dish]."

Cornstarch: This helps thicken the cream custard. If you are gluten-free, use arrowroot starch or tapioca flour instead.

The high-fat culprits in this dish? Lots of whipping cream, boatloads of mascarpone cheese and the cake-like ladyfingers cookies.

Tiramisu contains 513 calories per 145 g serving. This serving contains 35 g of fat, 8.6 g of protein and 43 g of carbohydrate. The latter is 27 g sugar and 0.6 g of dietary fiber, the rest is complex carbohydrate. Tiramisu contains 21 g of saturated fat and 178 mg of cholesterol per serving.

If coffee is an ingredient of a dish there is likely caffeine in it. That being said, it very much depends on how much coffee is used in the recipe in question. For instance, tiramisu typically uses less than half a cup for the whole cake, so your caffeine intake will be minimal.

How many carbs per tiramisu cup? Each tiramisu cup contains 6g of total carbs and 2g of fiber making them 4g net carbs. Making this a low carb and diabetic friendly dessert recipe.

Using egg whites instead of cream: Some authentic recipes for tiramisu use whipped egg whites instead of whipped cream. Tiramisu made with egg whites is lighter and more airy. To make our recipe with egg whites, whip 3 egg whites until they hold stiff peaks.

Garten dips ladyfingers one by one in a mixture of rum and coffee, allowing each to soak for just a few seconds, then quickly moves them to the dish she's using to layer the tiramisu.

Why is my tiramisu mushy? ›

The other main reasons the mixture would be runny is if other liquid ingredients have been added first, or if the mascarpone has been beaten so much that it has curdled (then you will get water separating out from the cheese curds).

A slice of homemade vanilla cake contains approximately 250 to 300 calories. The caloric content can vary depending on the ingredients used, such as butter or oil, and the type of frosting you choose.