I lead a busy life. I know that is SUCH a uncool thing to say. “Oh, I’m sooo busy.” I try not to be one of those people; sooo busy is not cool. Sooo busy is stressed and tired and certainly not the healthiest way to live. But the reality is, I’m busy. I work full-time, study part-time and am often up until past 11 at night working on my blogs. I also love to socialise and cook and combine the two as often as possible. However, when I often don’t get home from work until about 10 minutes before I have to go out again I need to have a little stash of ‘bring-a-plate’ dishes I can do in advance. This super easy Nutella Tiramisu recipe is one of those dishes.
This recipe was inspired by a friend’s recipe for an amazing tiramisu with layers of zabaglione (a fancy Italian custard). I swooned when I saw Rob’s recipe – I love custard! But I often do not have the time to make it. So I cheated. My version uses just six ingredients, takes about half an hour to assemble, you leave it overnight in the fridge and then just turn it out when you are ready to serve (which also makes traveling with it less stressful). Magic.
Did I mention it has Nutella?
This is not traditional at all but it is delicious and stress free and it has Nutella.
I will stop talking about Nutella now OK 🙂
The secret to getting this cake out of the tin is to line it really well with cling wrap and allow plenty of overlap so that you can wrap you loaf up firmly and get all the flavours to squish together (that’s the technical term 🙂 )
When it is time to serve you just unwrap, place a plate over the top and invert the whole thing. The tin will slide off easily and then you can carefully remove the plastic.
You can either spread the remaining Nutella mixture on top, pipe it using an icing bag or use two spoons to make little shell shapes.
Easy, so yummy and just a little bit fancy.
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- Sponge fingers (how many will depend on size)- I used 15 large ones
- 1/2 cup (125mL) strong black coffee
- 1 Tbsp port or liqueur (optional)
- 250g (9 oz.) mascarpone
- 1/4 cup (75g or 2.5 oz.) Nutella
- 1/2 cup thick store bought custard
- Berries to decorate (optional)
- Line a loaf tin ( I use 10 x 20cm or 4 x 8 inches) well with plastic wrap, making sure you have overlap.
- Whisk together mascarpone and Nutella until just combined.
- Place coffee and alcohol in a flat bowl or tray.
- For the bottom layer (which will become the top) Dip the bottom (flatter) side of sponge fingers in the coffee mixture and place them coffee side up in the loaf tin. Only dip one side because otherwise this layer becomes very soggy.
- Spread the custard over the sponge fingers.
- Do another layer of sponge fingers dipped in coffee mixture on both sides.
- Spread half the mascarpone mixture over the top. Place the remaining mascarpone mixture in a small bowl and refrigerate.
- Finish off with a layer of coffee-dipped sponge fingers.
- Gently press down on the top layer of sponge fingers and wrap the overlapping plastic wrap firmly over the cake.
- Refrigerate overnight.
- Unwrap the plastic from the top of the loaf tin.
- Place a large plate on top of the tin and invert.
- The tin will slide off easily. Carefully unwrap the cake.
- Pipe or spread remaining mascarpone mixture on top and decorate with berries if desired.
Oooooeeeee, you had me at thirty minutes!
Haha. I think you definitely might beat me at a ‘busy’ competition 🙂 (Ergh, can you imagine that! A ‘busy’ competition 🙁 )
Nutella! Legend!
You can never have too many recipes with Nutella in them right? 🙂
Yum! What an easy dessert. I am going to pin this so I can make it very soon. I love nutella too xx
Yay Simone! I think a good measure of Nutella love is when your loved one gives you your very own jar for Christmas. Yep, in my stocking 🙂
I LOVE nutella. This looks really lovely! It really pays to have a few no fuss desserts at the ready, especially at this time of the year.
Yum! You had me at nutella! Looks and sounds delicious!
Oh my goodness I missed this while I was on break, still trying to get around the Blogs to catch up……thank goodness for FFF’s.
Nicole you can talk about Nutella as much as you like, I bought a fresh jar today and I’m planning to butter up a crumpet in the morning and follow that up with a good spread of Nutella!
I’ll be keeping this little treasure up my sleeve.
Glad to hear I’m not the only one sitting up late at night turning into a pumpkin! Love it but it is a busy life! Keep up the great work lovely lady! xx
I know the feeling so well. Every now and then I miss keeping up with blogs for a few days and my Bloglovin feed shows some terrifying number.
My partner actually gave me my very own jar of Nutella for Christmas:) Have you tried it on toast with peanut butter (OMG!)
Oh wow, what an amazing creation! I need to have this in my life right NOW. Thanks for linking up with us this week x
Nutella makes everything amazing x