Hi everyone, I hope you all had a beautiful Christmas with family and friends! My little blog and I took a bit of a Holiday break since I wished everyone a Merry Christmas last week but we are back again with a new Tiramisu cake recipe shared and prepared for Christmas by my sister-in-law Selma.
Meanwhile, we have been busy packing away tree ornaments and cleaning up the clutter in our living room. Our recycling bin and trash cans are not big enough to hold all the gift wrapping paper and boxes. Our son is happy with all his new toys, he has them all displayed in our coffee table, I keep putting them away in his toy chest and he keeps taking them out.
Thursday morning, we had a real treat in Montreal; a snow storm, we had approximately 20 inches of snow, our backyard looks amazing, I haven’t taken any pictures because I’ve been too busy shoveling while my hubby returned back to work after a well deserved Holiday break
Below, you will find Selma’s Tiramisu cake recipe, you might remember Selma, she shared her Chai-Spiced Layered cake recipe in one of my earlier posts.
We share our love for baking sweet desserts, so I might ask her to share other dessert recipes with us later
She’s well-know for her Tiramisu cake recipe around here!
- 6 eggs, at room temperature
- ⅓ cup white sugar
- 475g mascarpone cheese, at room temperature
- 1¼ cup strong coffee
- ¼ cup amaretto liqueur
- 200 g sponge fingers
- 2 tbsp cocoa powder
- in a big mixing bowl, mix the yellow of the eggs and sugar until the mix is pale and thick (about 5 minutes)
- add the mascarpone and mix well
- in a medium size bowl, mix the egg whites, then incorporate it to the mascarpone mix
- Mix the coffee and amaretto liquor. Quickly dip one cookie and place it on the bottom of a serving plate
- continue with the other cookies to form a flat and smooth layer
- equally place one third of the mascarpone mix on the first layer of the sponge cookies
- repeat to create two more layers
- sift the last mascarpone layer with cocoa powder
- refrigerate overnight
Selma’s tips:
- you can replace the 1/4 cup (50ml) of amaretto liqueur by coffee liqueur
- 200 g of sponge fingers is equivalent to 1 package or approximately 20 to 30 sponge cookies environ 20-30 depending on the size of the serving plate
On the same topic of desserts, I want to share some pics with you; of a delicious cake, my hubby prepared for Christmas by following the instructions of a Duncan cake-mix and using this house cake mould AND the last one is of our first attempt of making a ginger bread house on Christmas morning, our little man wanted to help but is still to small to give us a hand, maybe next year, on the other hand, he was able to demolished it in seconds
Thanks again for stopping by!

















































petit4chocolatier says:
I love the tiramisu. It is one of my favorites and I have never prepared it. Looks delicious.
Your husband did a magnificent job on the house and I adore your finished gingerbread house. I can imagine your own house smelled so scrumptious!! Enjoy the season and Happy New Year!!
now at home mom says:
Thank you Judy!
Oh! you should try to prepare the tiramisu, I just found out there are different ways of doing it + I’m sure yours would come out great!
My hubby was really into Christmas this year and he’s house was a big hit at my parents house, as for the gingerbread house; it was our first time and we all liked too!
Hope you enjoy the rest of the Holidays to and wish you a Happy New Year too!
mariateresa1983 says:
Beautiful pastries! Really impressed! Wish you a very Happy New Year and all the best for year 2013.
now at home mom says:
Thank you very much! it is very kind of you to say! very sweet
Thanks for stopping by and wish you too a Happy New Year to you too!
decorilove says:
They all look delicious! Especially the tiramisu. Thanks for sharing.
now at home mom says:
Thank you very much, I’m glad you like them! hope you try the Tiramisu cake
Happy New Year to you and yours!
motherhoodisanart says:
I just saw your comment on my blog and had to come right over and find you on Facebook! It will be so easy to follow you now! I absolutely love Tiramisu so I will be jotting down this recipe! And you can tell your husband I am totally blown away by his cake! Holy Cow!!! That is amazing!!!
now at home mom says:
Glad to have joined Facebook then!
If you try the recipe, please let me know how it goes
thank you: I told my hubby that you really liked his cake, he was glad of it and is happy that people are liking it too
thanks again and see you on Facebook
mindbender99 says:
Be sure and tell my wife about this recipe… I love Tiramisu!!!
now at home mom says:
Of course
hope she will print it and prepare it for you!
Thank you for stopping by, took a look at your new blog: like it a lot!
Cul de Sac says:
THe house looks so great! Mmmh bet that tiramisu cake tasted awesome!
now at home mom says:
Oh! thank you very much, my hubby was so proud of how the house turned out and yes the tiramisu was amazing ; my sister-in-law loves preparing it for special occasions
lemoncake says:
Oooh tiramisu is most definitely one of my favourites! I really am loving your blog.
now at home mom says:
Oh! Thank you so much! it’s very sweet of you to say
& Thank you for stopping by and following my blog
I just visited your blog and following it too! so funny, I used to be a business analyst to just before I decided to become a stay-at-home mom last July
looking forward to your new posts
lemoncake says:
Oh really?! Cool! I have just recently started as a Business Analyst, so am still the tricks of the trade. It’s always nice to find things in common with people! Other than food of course
now at home mom says:
so true!
this is why I love being part of the blogging sphere
thanks again for stopping by!
Rexlin Victor says:
It’s looks so delicious!!!
now at home mom says:
Thank you! glad you liked it