Homemade Gluten-Free Healthy Tiramisù Recipe | Desserts With Benefits

Healthy Tiramisù

After making Homemade Ladyfingers, you had to know this was coming, right?  Here it is guys…  I bring you  Tiramisù.  Let me clarify, this is Healthy Tiramisù!

This Healthy Tiramisù is made completely from scratch, from the pastry cream to the ladyfingers! The creamy filling is rich and flavorful, the ladyfingers added texture and quality, and the cocoa provides balance and warmth to finish it all off. You’d never know this Tiramisù is sugar free and gluten free! Healthy Dessert Recipes at the Desserts With Benefits Blog (www.DessertsWithBenefits.com)

This Tiramisù has the perfect ratio of Ladyfingers:Mascarpone Cream Filling.  And the hint of coffee and rum?  Oh yeah, that makes this dessert about 372,001x better  😉

Did I even mention that this recipe is 100% homemade, from the Ladyfingers to the mascarpone cream filling?

Oh yeah x 100.

My taste testers said this was my, and I quote, “BEST DESSERT YET!”

The pastry cream filling is rich and flavorful, the soft ladyfingers add texture and a unique quality to the dish overall.  The generous dusting of cocoa powder just gives this dessert life.  The cocoa adds warmth and provides the dish with a nice balance to finish it all off.

So slice a big hunk of this Tiramisù onto a plate and share with a couple of your favorite peeps.  I know, it’s tough, you’ll want to keep this all to yourself, but sharing is caring!

For one slice at least, after that, hoard it all for yourself.  That’s what I did and I regret it 0%  😉

This Healthy Tiramisù is made completely from scratch, from the pastry cream to the ladyfingers! The creamy filling is rich and flavorful, the ladyfingers added texture and quality, and the cocoa provides balance and warmth to finish it all off. You’d never know this Tiramisù is sugar free and gluten free! Healthy Dessert Recipes at the Desserts With Benefits Blog (www.DessertsWithBenefits.com)

The Ladyfingers are soft with a prominent coffee and rum flavor.  The pastry cream filling is creamy, silky smooth, and full of vanilla flavor.

Get ready to dig in y’all.

This Healthy Tiramisù is made completely from scratch, from the pastry cream to the ladyfingers! The creamy filling is rich and flavorful, the ladyfingers added texture and quality, and the cocoa provides balance and warmth to finish it all off. You’d never know this Tiramisù is sugar free and gluten free! Healthy Dessert Recipes at the Desserts With Benefits Blog (www.DessertsWithBenefits.com)

A healthy Tiramisù recipe?  I know it’s hard to believe, I don’t think those two words have ever been in the same sentence before today.  I’ll prove it here with the recipe:

This Healthy Tiramisù is made completely from scratch, from the pastry cream to the ladyfingers! The creamy filling is rich and flavorful, the ladyfingers added texture and quality, and the cocoa provides balance and warmth to finish it all off. You’d never know this Tiramisù is sugar free and gluten free! Healthy Dessert Recipes at the Desserts With Benefits Blog (www.DessertsWithBenefits.com)
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Healthy Tiramisù

Servings: 12 servings
Prep Time: 45 minutes
Cook Time: 15 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour
This homemade Healthy Tiramisù recipe is better than anything store-bought or from a restaurant. It's also sugar free, high protein, and gluten free too!

Ingredients

Pastry Cream:

Ladyfinger Layers:

Topping:

  • 3 tbs Unsweetened Dutch Processed Cocoa Powder

Instructions

For the Pastry Cream:

  • In a metal bowl placed over a saucepan of an inch of simmering water, whisk together the egg yolks, powdered erythritol, and vanilla paste.  Whisk constantly until thickened.  When you can draw a number 8 with the thickened mixture, it's ready. DO NOT overcook!
  • Remove from the heat and let cool for 30 minutes.
  • Whisk in the mascarpone, then whisk in the yogurt.

Assembly:

  • Line a 9×5″ loaf pan with two layers of plastic wrap so that there is an overhang.  Make sure to press the plastic into the pan so that the entire pan is coated.
  • In a shallow dish, add the espresso and rum.  Dunk both sides of a ladyfinger in the mixture (don't let it soak too long otherwise they'll absorb too much and get mushy or even disintegrate) and place it inside the loaf pan.  Do this until you have an entire layer of ladyfingers.
  • Scoop ⅓ of the mascarpone filling over the ladyfingers and spread it out.
  • Dunk the ladyfingers in the espresso/rum mixture and line them over the mascarpone filling.
  • Repeat twice, then top it off with a final layer of dunked ladyfingers.  Tightly cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight.
  • Remove the plastic wrap and flip the loaf pan onto a serving dish.  Gently remove the loaf pan and carefully peel the plastic wrap off the Tiramisu.  Dust with the cocoa powder, then slice and serve!

Recipe Notes

**I needed 6 ladyfingers per layer, but you may need more or less depending on how thin/thick you pipe out your ladyfingers!
Nutrition Facts
Healthy Tiramisù
Amount Per Serving (1 serving)
Calories 210 Calories from Fat 99
% Daily Value*
Fat 11g17%
Saturated Fat 6g38%
Cholesterol 95mg32%
Sodium 140mg6%
Carbohydrates 19g6%
Fiber 2g8%
Sugar 1g1%
Protein 6g12%
Vitamin A 400IU8%
Calcium 150mg15%
Iron 1.4mg8%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: Italian

For real guys, this is a game changer in the world of Tiramisù!  Compared to classic Tiramisu, this healthier version has:

  • 220 less calories
  • 18g less fat
  • half the cholesterol
  • zero added sugar (saving you 18g of sugar — that’s 4½ teaspoons!)

This Healthy Tiramisù is made completely from scratch, from the pastry cream to the ladyfingers! The creamy filling is rich and flavorful, the ladyfingers added texture and quality, and the cocoa provides balance and warmth to finish it all off. You’d never know this Tiramisù is sugar free and gluten free! Healthy Dessert Recipes at the Desserts With Benefits Blog (www.DessertsWithBenefits.com)

This is one showstopping dessert.  You gotta make this (secretly) Healthy Tiramisù ASAP!  Indulge in healthfully, naturally, and sinlessly.

Enjoy  🙂

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With love and good eats,

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– Jess

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40 comments on “Healthy Tiramisù”

  1. Could I use stevia instead of the extract?

    • dessertswithbenefits

      Helen, did you mean powdered stevia instead of liquid stevia? If so, I’m sure you can however I have never used powdered stevia 🙂

  2. Meg @ The Compost Cook

    You took my suggestion of making a cleaned-up Tiramasu! Yet again, you continue to amaze me with your incredible recipes and I can’t wait to see what you’ll come up with next.

    • dessertswithbenefits

      Yes! Thanks for the suggestion, I probably never would have gotten the courage to make it! 🙂

  3. I could really dive into this tiramisu for breakfast right now!

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  5. Tiramisu is definitely one of my ALL TIME favorite desserts/ cakes/ whatever. Oh my word, and I cannot thank you enough for making a HEALTHY version! You really rock! xo

  6. I love that you make so many of your own recipe components. This is an ambitious dessert to replicate healthily, but it looks amazing! Thanks for sharing, Jessica 🙂

  7. Wow that looks so good. I’ve been wanting to try my hand at Tiramisu for a long time.

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  11. Hi, just wanted to tell you, I loved this post. It was inspiring.
    Keep on posting!

  12. Hi, recipe sounds great!Wondering if its possible to substitute cream cheese for the Mascarpone Cheese?

    • Tara-
      Cream cheese will work in place of the mascarpone, the filling just won’t have the same flavor. You may need to add ~10-20 more drops of the stevia extract because mascarpone is slightly sweet. Hope you like the Tiramisu!!
      -Jess

  13. This is just WOW! I think even in Italy i didn’t tried a tiramisu so tasty! And of course it‘s much healthier! I ran out of almond milk, so i used regular one and substituted tapioca flour for corn starch. Also i used mascarpone:cream cheese at ratio 1:1. And it was still tasty and so good! Thank you a lot!

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  15. like this

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  17. Finally a healthy version of my favorite Italian tiramisu. Simply and most important delicious:)

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  19. I try to make it, but the pastry cream will NEVER get thicker!:( Tried for about 30 minutes, but it’s still very liquid.

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  25. It’s not even working!!! the cream is a scam, you told us that we can use stevia instead and I keep stirring the eggs with stevia and vanilla and nothing it’s happening!!! It’s not thickened, it’s so liquid because of the eggs. Because of your stupid suggestion, I’ve destroyed the ladyfingers and made everything for nothing. You know nothing about cooking!

    • I’ve made this recipe numerous times, and so have my readers, without any issues. You need to cook the egg mixture until it’s thickened BEFORE mixing in the mascarpone and yogurt, and BEFORE spreading it over the ladyfingers. If it’s a pure liquid, obviously something is wrong and you shouldn’t pour it over the ladyfingers.
      Did you make any ingredient substitutes or omit any ingredients?
      And did you cook the egg mixture long enough?

      • Wow. She is SO RUDE. I hope she choked on it, bless her (coal black) heart.🖤
        I think this recipe sounds wonderful, trying to clean up my diet and cut down on sugar but love desserts so this sounds perfect and I’m so tickled to find your recipe. The only thing I will change is the erithrytol, I have puppies and that stuff is poison for dogs, and my pups are rather mischievous and get into everything. 😊

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  28. This is amazing! I can’t wait to try these. My favorite dessert – avoiding sugar, gluten and want to cut back on fat…. with such great calorie counts I can eat 2 slices …. Thank you so so much….

  29. Do I need a replacement liquid if I omit the alcohol?

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