I am happy to bring you this no-cook, easy eggless tiramisu recipe. This delicious toffee tiramisu recipe is easy to make, either with homemade ladyfingers or storebought.
Chopped toffee bits folded into a rich no-egg mascarpone cream and layered with espresso-dipped lady fingers–you’re going to love it!
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Why You Have to Make This Recipe, Friends
If you are weirded out by raw eggs, this recipe is for you.
If you love caramel and toffee flavors, this recipe is for you.
If you think that traditional tiramisu is too smooth and you’d like a little crunchy to go with your creamy, this recipe is for you.
Also, you don’t need a
A hand mixer works just fine.
How to Make Eggless Tiramisu
Before you get started, let’s go over ingredients and substitutions as well as the procedure.
You’ll find the complete recipe at the end of the post.
Ingredients and Substitutions
Here’s your shopping list:
- heavy cream: no substitutions here. You need the butterfat in the cream to whip up and to set into sliceable pieces
- dark brown sugar: the flavor of the dark brown sugar enhances the caramel and toffee flavors. You can substitute white sugar, but it won’t have quite the depth of flavor. Light brown sugar is also a great substitute.
- mascarpone cheese: You may substitute softened American cream cheese if you’d like. Italian mascarpone is the traditional ingredient, but either will work. And while I don’t recommend it for cheesecake, this would be an excellent use of the kind of cream cheese that comes in tubs and not bricks.
- salt: brings out all the flavor
- caramel liqueur: You can also substitute caramel coffee syrup or homemade caramel sauce or syrup to keep it non-alcoholic. My coffee butterscotch sauce would be amazing in this recipe
- Toffee candy: Use Griff’s or a national brand such as Skor or Heath bars.
- ladyfingers: you can use Savoiardi, which are harder and soak up syrup slowly, or spongecake-based homemade ladyfingers which are softer. These will only need a quick dip!
- espresso: or strong coffee, cold. You may also use instant coffee dissolved in hot simple syrup and then cooled.
- espresso liqueur: (optional. Leave out if you want to keep it non-alcoholic. Or to boost the coffee flavor, you could add a teaspoon of coffee extract)
- cocoa powder: in this case, cocoa powder is a garnish. As such it’s not strictly necessary, but it does look pretty sifted over a heart-shaped template for Valentine’s day. Switch up the design to Christmas trees for Christmas, bunnies for Easter, etc
You’re looking at 10 ingredients to make the dreamiest tiramisu ever.
Procedure
The tiramisu is pretty easy to make. It’s a great dessert to make with your kids too, because you can set up an assembly line where everyone has their own job.
Here’s what to do:
Mise en Place:
- Pour cold espresso and espresso liqueur (or coffee extract) into a pie pan or shallow bowl
- Get your lady fingers out of the package.
- Mix up the mascarpone cream by whipping the cream with the mascarpone and caramel liqueur (or caramel sauce) and folding in the rest of the ingredients
Assembly
- Dip ladyfingers into the espresso mixture and line the pan with a single layer
- Spread on 1/3 of the mascarpone cream (or 1/2 if using Savoiardi. See recipe notes)
- Dip and layer on another layer of ladyfingers.
- Spread on more mascarpone cream.
- Repeat a third time if there is room in the pan (there should be if you used flat ladyfingers rather than Savoiardi)
- Finish with a thin layer of the mascarpone cream and press plastic wrap onto the surface.
- Chill for 8 hours or overnight
- Dust cocoa powder over the top with a fine mesh strainer (or dust over a stencil)
- Slice and serve
Variation for Individual Desserts
As you can see in the photos, I made some of the tiramisu in individual servings. This makes for an elegant presentation, you don’t have to share, and you won’t have to cut it to serve.
I recommend a set of graduated cutters for individual tiramisu. Choose the size that will fit snugly in your glasses and just cut circles from a sheet of spongecake (which is really what ladyfingers are), dip them in your coffee mixture, and layer them up with your mascarpone cream.
When filling tall or narrow glasses with your cream, it’s easiest to fill a ziptop bag or piping bag with the filling, snip off a corner, and pipe it into the glasses. No need to get fancy with piping tips, you’re just trying to get the cream in the glass without making a mess of the sides so you can see the layers.
Tips for Success
- You can use soft, sponge cake ladyfingers (homemade or store-bought) or the crisp Italian Savoiardi cookies. Soft ladyfingers are very delicate, so only give them a very quick in-out dip in the espresso syrup. Savoiardi are sturdier and dryer and can absorb the syrup more slowly, so time is not so much of the essence when using them.
- Since Savoiardi are more round in profile than sponge cake ladyfingers, you will only get two layers each of cream and cookies, so plan accordingly. With the flatter homemade ladyfingers, you can get 3 layers like I did.
- Make sure your espresso “dip” is cold or at least no warmer than room temperature. Hot syrup will make your ladyfingers disintegrate pretty quickly.
- Let your mascarpone (or cream cheese) come to room temperature, and everything will blend together beautifully.
- Finely chop your toffee and don’t add too much to your mascarpone cream. Otherwise, it will be hard to cut clean slices because of all the crunchy bits.
Easy Tiramisu Q & A
You can make this recipe with or without alcohol, because I give substitutions for the liqueurs. As a matter of fact, most of the photos in this post are of eggless tiramisu made with caramel sauce in the cream rather than liqueur and with simple syrup and instant coffee rather than espresso and coffee liqueur. And I promise you, it is delicious either way.
Yes. It works out just fine.
The issue with making traditional tiramisu with eggs is that if you make the very classic preparation, the eggs aren’t cooked. This can raise some concerns for folks with compromised immune systems. Or for folks who are kind of weirded out by raw eggs.
Other tiramisu recipes, like Dennis’s wonderful classic recipe, call for the eggs to be cooked over a double boiler into a sabayon, or cooked foam. This yields the most gorgeous, silky traditional tiramisu without raw eggs.
Honestly, though, tiramisu will set up and be “sliceable” even without the eggs.
This tiramisu is a bit more caramelly than traditional tiramisu. And of course it has little bits of candy in it to provide some textural contrast. You still get the hit of espresso from the soaked lady fingers and a bitter edge from the traditional cocoa powder garnish.
For best texture, enjoy them within about 3-4 days.
The filling is gluten-free. If you get gluten-free ladyfingers, you’re all set. But as written, with “regular” ladyfingers–storebought or homemade–this is not a gluten-free recipe.
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Easy Eggless Tiramisu with Griff's Coffee Toffee Crunch
Easy eggless tiramisu features espresso-dipped ladyfingers layered with a no-cook, no-egg mascarpone cream flavored with caramel liqueur or caramel sauce
Ingredients
For the Eggless Mascarpone Cream
- 1-2 toffee candy bars or 6-8 pieces of toffee, finely chopped
- 1 1/2 cups heavy cream
- 1/2 cup dark brown sugar, packed
- heavy pinch salt
- 1 1/2 cups mascarpone cheese* (See Notes)
- 1/4 cup salted caramel liqueur (I used Bailey's) or caramel or butterscotch dessert sauce
Espresso "Dip"
- 1 1/2 cups cold espresso or strong coffee
- 1/4 cup coffee liqueur (I used Grind Espresso Shot), optional
- VARIATION: Use 1 cup simple syrup with 2 Tablespoons instant coffee dissolved in it
To Assemble and Finish
- 3 packages of 24 lady fingers (savoiardi) or 1 batch homemade ladyfingers
- cocoa powder for sifting, stencil optional
Instructions
For the Mascarpone Cream
- Using a chef knife, finely chop the toffee. Set aside.
- Pour the heavy cream into a large bowl. Add the brown sugar and salt. Whisk a couple of times and allow to sit for about 10 minutes so the sugar dissolves.
- Using a hand mixer or in your stand mixer with the whisk attachment, whisk the cream until it reaches medium-soft peaks.
- Add the room temperature mascarpone and the caramel liqueur (or caramel sauce) and continue to whip until mixture just reaches stiff peaks. Do not over-whip or mascarpone can become grainy.
- Fold in the toffee bits until evenly dispersed in the cream.
For the Espresso Dip
- In a shallow dish, mix the cold espresso or strong coffee with the coffee liqueur.
To Assemble and Finish
- Working with no more than 2 or 3 ladyfingers at a time, briefly dip both sides of the cookies into the coffee mixture. Layer them closely together in a 7" x 11" glass dish. Continue dipping and placing until you fill the bottom of the dish in a single layer.
- Scoop about 1/3 of the coffee toffee cream onto the ladyfingers and spread evenly and smoothly.
- Repeat steps 1 and 2 twice more, ending with the last third of the cream. You'll have three layers each of ladyfingers and cream. The 7 x 11 dish will be completely full.
- Place plastic wrap directly on the surface of the cream and refrigerate overnight, or for at least 8 hours.
- Right before serving, carefully peel off plastic wrap. Spoon about 2 tablespoons of cocoa powder into a fine mesh strainer, and evenly and generously dust the top of the tiramisu. If you would like you can use any stencil you have to create a pattern on top of your tiramisu. I used a heart template I cut out of cardboard and an Exacto knife to cut the design into a cake box. You could also use thick card stock.
- Slice and serve. Note that tiramisu is a soft dessert, so much as with pie, the first piece or two might not come beautifully out of the dish. But after those first 2, you should be able to get nice, clean slices. If you are feeling spunky, wipe your knife clean between cuts to achieve the neatest look.
Notes
*Mascarpone cheese is a bit expensive, but it is worth it for this special treat of a dessert. Since you need 1 1/2 cups, and it usually comes in 1 or 2 cup containers, you can use the remaining half cup to make a fruit dip, add it to the ricotta layer in lasagna, stir it into your usual pasta sauce for a rich, decadent treat, or use it to thicken a cream soup.
This recipe is scaled for a 7" x 11" pan. If you'd like to make this in a 9" x 13" pan, multiply the cream ingredients by 1.5 and get another pack or two of ladyfingers. You shouldn't need additional coffee "dip."
You can also make individual tiramisu by cutting circles out of spongecake, dipping them in the coffee syrup and layering with the mascarpone cream.
If you get the kind of ladyfingers that are rounder and crunchy (savoiardi) or if you just don't want to mess with 3 layers, you can make 2 layers of each by spreading half the cream on the first layer of ladyfingers and the other half on the second layer.
**The more toffee bits you put in, the crunchier your tiramisu will be. Note that it will be more difficult to get clean slices with a ton of toffee bits, but it is totally your call.
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Nutrition Information
Yield 12 Serving Size 1Amount Per Serving Calories 510Total Fat 39gSaturated Fat 23gTrans Fat 1gUnsaturated Fat 12gCholesterol 160mgSodium 385mgCarbohydrates 32gFiber 1gSugar 18gProtein 6g
The stated nutritional information is provided as a courtesy. It is calculated through third party software and is intended as a guideline only.
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Robin Chesser says
I’d use it in a Monster cookie.
Jennifer Field says
Oh my, yes! Good luck in the giveaway!
Peggy Samz says
OMG! Tiramisu is my favorite and Griff’s toffee added to it will only make it better! (Doesn’t sound too difficult to make either) yum yum!! Sign me up!
Jennifer Field says
It really is easy to make, Peggy! You will love it–I just had some for my “lunch dessert,” and yeah. It is really good! Also, I hope you enter the giveaway and use the discount code. If you’re already a Griff’s fan, 25% makes it that more delicious!
Kerrey says
Tiramisu, Bailey’s, and toffee? Trifecta!
Jennifer Field says
A delicious, delicious trifecta!! And that Grind Espresso Shot is no joke, either! =) Good luck in the giveaway!
Betty Ann Quirino says
Oooooh this Tiramisu looks so good I want to lick my screen. And when you mentioned Chapel Hill’s Toffee I was hooked. I enjoyed the box of toffee our dear friend Nancie McDermott gifted me a few years ago at a conference. I must try your recipe. And if I can’t wait to see if I’ll win this giveaway, I may just order some Toffee for myself asap. Thanks for the recipe and the giveaway, Jenni. Hope you’re feeling 100% by now.
Jennifer Field says
Oh, so you have had the goodness, so you *know!!* Yes! And their new coffee flavor is just as good if not even better than the original! Good luck in the giveaway, and enjoy every bite if you’re using the discount code, BA! xo
Carol Schneider says
I’m thinking about Coffee Toffe Ice cream!!
Jennifer Field says
That would be a perfect mix-in!! =) Good luck in the giveaway, Carol-who-came-up-with-this-idea!
Gigi says
This would be awesome to add to a brownie tiramisu trifle!
Jennifer Field says
Oooh, yes! Absolutely! And good luck in the giveaway–best toffee ever!
Dorothy at Shockingly Delicious says
I just want to close my eyes and CHOMP on that toffee! Oh Lord, yes.
Jennifer Field says
Girl, it is the best!! Good luck in the giveaway, Dorothy!
karen r says
I would eat it with some strong espresso on the side.
Jennifer Field says
Hey, Karen! That sounds like an excellent plan–it is truly excellent toffee! Good luck!
latanya says
I would eat them just as they are
Jennifer Field says
A fine plan indeed! They are truly excellent! Good luck in the giveaway, Latanya!
Brenda Walker says
I would indulge in this scrumptious sweet treat secretly!
Jennifer Field says
I may or may not have ever hidden some of these from The Beloved. Maybe. =) Enjoy, Brenda, and good luck in the giveaway!
Christopher Sorel says
man I would make this with them for sure. YUM
Jennifer Field says
It is Most Excellent, indeed! Fortunately, if you grab a 7 oz box, you’ll have enough to make the tiramisu and plenty left for straight up snacking! Good luck in the giveaway!
Tim says
I would leave the pecan variety at home for my wife and kids to eat, and I would eat the coffee ones at work.
Jennifer Field says
You are very nice to want to share at all! Good luck in the giveaway!
Emily says
I’d eat them just as they are, as I’m hiding from everyone else ☺ Toffee is my absolute fave candy, so I definitely wouldn’t want to share!
Jennifer Field says
A very sound strategy! I don’t like to share it either! =) Good luck in the giveaway!
Marlene says
Oh, yum! I make a similar Tiramisu recipe, but adding the Coffee Toffee is genius! I’d use the toffee for that , and also in brownies. Any coffee-chocolate combo is a winner in my book!
Jennifer Field says
I am with you on coffee and chocolate together! And if you are a fan of toffee, you won’t be able to resist the coffee toffee. So good!
Donna says
After reading your description of this toffee, I have to try it!! Plus I love tiramisu- I want to try you recipe and slightly freeze it. I have it that way at Olive Garden (they will cut a freeze one for me). The creamy goodness with the texture of slight freezing is the perfect combination.
Jennifer Field says
What a great idea! You’ll have to let me know how you like it partially frozen. Sounds good! Also, I can almost guarantee you will love the toffee–can’t wait to hear what you think! The coffee toffee is, for me, especially wonderful!
Gail says
I might have to bake some in cookies, I might have to use it in a cake filling…but, you know I’d just have to eat it to make sure.
Jennifer Field says
Hey, you gotta do what you gotta do, right?! It is So Very Good–you will love it! And good luck in the giveaway!
Willem says
Way to encourage my *addiction* lol… I don’t know how long it will last me!
Jennifer Field says
Haha! I live to serve! I figure it’ll last maybe 3-4 days…? Good luck, Willem!
HADASSAH PATTERSON says
I’d use it as a heavenly, crunchy counterpart in my February cake icings or as a cheescake topping.
Jennifer Field says
And I would get all your cakes and that cheesecake! Good luck in the giveaway, Hadassah!
Leigh Olson says
I never thought of using toffee in a tiramisu, but I can imagine the wonderful buttery crunch amid the velvety smooth filling and spongy ladies fingers. You are brilliant!
Jennifer Field says
Aw thank you, Leigh! And if you try this toffee, you will see why I want to put it in all the things! Good luck in the giveaway!
Laura says
Toffee tiramisu? WOWZA! My hubby and middle child LOVE tiramisu, so if I got this toffee I’d definitely try out your recipe! YUMMY!
Jennifer Field says
I am telling you, do not leave trying this toffee to chance! Use that discount code and Get Some. So good! And your tiramisu-lovers will really enjoy this version, and you will be happy it’s so easy to make! Good luck in the giveaway!
Johanna kramer says
I love this product. I always pack so for gifts when I travel. Yummo!!
Jennifer Field says
Yes it is the very best! If you win the giveaway, you’ll have 16 2 oz boxes for giving or keeping! =)
Angela Hendricks says
I would kill to enjoy this toffee! It sounds amazing and I can’t wait to try it! I’ll make a cup of coffee and grab some toffee and go chill on my front porch listening to the birds chirping.
Jennifer Field says
I like your style! And that would be a Very Excellent Way Indeed to enjoy some! Good luck, Angela!
Beth Ann Chiles says
Honestly I would just eat the entire box by myself –not use it in a recipe. I LOVE this stuff so much and having the new flavors makes me even happier. What a great recipe and giveaway and post and everything! Thank you!!!
Jennifer Field says
So you *know* how good it is! I want everyone to know–so good! And yes, often just eating it straight is the best plan (although I do hope you give the tiramisu a try! Good luck in the giveaway!
Leslie Gagne says
Sounds so yummy! I think it would be great idea to crush and sprinkle on my morning latte and evening ice cream.
Jennifer Field says
Both excellent ideas that I just may have to steal from you! Good luck, Leslie! =)
Edye says
With my morning coffee!
Jennifer Field says
I like your style, Edye! Honestly, it was a trick question. There is no wrong way to enjoy this toffee. Except maybe in your turkey stuffing or something. That would be right out. lol Good luck in the giveaway!
Nutmeg Nanny says
This looks amazing! It makes me wish I had a slice right now! Fingers and toes are crossed I win the toffee!
Jennifer Field says
Good luck! It is so good–you will love it!
Alan S. Gardner says
I love toffee, and I’m delighted by this promotion.
Jennifer Field says
This is definitely the giveaway for you then! Good luck–it seriously is the best toffee I’ve ever had!
Susan Christy says
My favorite Coffee Toffee ice cream is using inferior toffee now, so I’ll get plain coffee ice cream and mix in chunks of Griff’s Toffee.
Jennifer Field says
A banner idea! There is little worse than inferior toffee. Or inferior anything, really! Good luck in the giveaway!
Jenny says
I think it would go good with Ice cream
Jennifer Field says
Oh, you are not kidding! =) Good luck in the giveaway!
Cassandra D says
I would enjoy Pecan Toffee with a cup of tea.
Jennifer Field says
I love a good cup of tea myself! Good luck in the giveaway, Cassandra!
Charles Raisor says
I’d love to enjoy it straight, but I could see myself using it to scoop ice cream with too.
Jennifer Field says
Yes! Like an edible spoon! This idea wins, Charles! lol Good luck in the giveaway!
Wehaf says
I’d make chocolate covered strawberries and coat them in toffee crumbles.
Jennifer Field says
Wehaf, you win for the most creative use of Griff’s Toffee! Good luck in the giveaway!
Cheryl - Pook’s Pantry says
This tiramisu looks sooo delicious and I am so glad it’s no bake. Especially helpful during the heat of Florida spring/summer.
I am a HUGE fan of toffee, and coffee, so you know my fingers are crossed!
Jennifer Field says
I will cross my fingers for you too, Sissy!! This toffee is sincerely The Very Best! Good luck!
Angie | Big Bear's Wife says
This look downright amazing! I’ve got to find some of that Griff’s Toffee!
Jennifer Field says
You really do–it is so good, Angie! Use that discount code through March 2nd, or pick some up locally. Here’s their “Where to Find in Virginia” page https://www.chapelhilltoffee.com/virginia/ and also for NC since you might get down to Wilmington or to Raleigh sometime: https://www.chapelhilltoffee.com/north-carolina/
Karen says
Sounds good this is my favorite griff toffee. I love it.
Jennifer Field says
Thank you! The coffee toffee is my favorite too! I hope you give the tiramisu a try. I think you will really like it!