Red, White and Blue Tiramisu – Layers of ladyfinger cookies covered with a luscious, creamy mascarpone cheese mixture and topped with your favorite red and blue berries!
Red, White and Blue Tiramisu <— that rhymes!
Oh you guys, you guys, you guyyyyys! THIS tiramisu – IN.SAAANE!
Sidenote: who just busted out Cypress Hill-style, singing, “Insane! Insane in the membrane!”?? I SURE DID!
By the WAY, Happy FriDAY! Look at that, rhyming again! I’m thinking, in my next lifetime I’m going to be a rapper. MC KatPet – look for me!
But, about last night. I had a total meltdown about why nobody can make ME dinner, because I’m the one making dinner for everyone else all the time, and because I was so hungry, I didn’t know what I wanted… nothing sounded good… so I attacked a bag of awesome little cheesy rice crisps and called it a night.
Okay, that’s a lie. I also had a big piece of this tiramisu. Then I went to bed, happy. Never underestimate the power of dessert.
And now that it’s fiiiiiinally summer, I believe desserts like this are absolutely appropriate.
Here’s the dealio… This isn’t an exactly waist-line-friendly tiramisu cake – even though I did try to cut out the cals just a bit with some fat free cream cheese – buuuuuut it’s the perfect dessert for 4th of July, AND we all know that holiday-calories don’t count. And the fruit on top is totally healthy. So. Take it as you will. Besides, it’s no bake! Doesn’t that count for everything?
Ugh… just hop on the treadmill for 12 hours. 😉 It’s worth it! Think about it… layers of creamy, frangelico-flavored filling, spread over espresso-soaked ladyfingers. !SWOON!
Me thinks you should find 20 minutes this weekend to make this amazingness as a trial run. Share it with friends, if you must.
Oh yeah… weekend calories don’t count either, so we’re safe.
ENJOY!
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Red, White and Blue Tiramisu {NO BAKE Dessert!}
Ingredients
- 1 tub (8-ounces) Mascarpone Cheese, softened
- 2 packages (8-ounces each) Fat Free Cream Cheese, softened
- 1 cup + 1 tablespoon sugar , divided
- 2 tablespoons Frangelico (you can use any other Hazelnut Liqueur)
- 1 cup chilled heavy whipping cream
- 36 ladyfingers
- 1 cup brewed espresso , cold (you can also use regular brewed black coffee)
- 1 cup chocolate shavings
- strawberries , sliced
- blueberries
Instructions
- Combine cheeses and 1 cup sugar in your mixer's bowl; mix until creamy and smooth, about 4 to 5 minutes.
- Add Frangelico and continue to mix just until combined.
- In a separate mixing bowl, combine chilled heavy cream and 1 tablespoon sugar; beat heavy cream until it just holds stiff peaks.
- Fold the whipped cream into the mascarpone mixture until combined.
- Spread about 1/4-cup of the mascarpone mixture on the bottom of a 9x13 glass baking dish. This is just to hold the ladyfingers in place.
- Layer half of the ladyfingers over the mixture.
- Generously brush the ladyfingers with half of the espresso/coffee; let stand 5 minutes.
- Take half of the prepared mascarpone mixture and spread it over the ladyfingers.
- Top with chocolate shavings.
- Layer the remaining ladyfingers.
- Generously brush the ladyfingers with half of the espresso/coffee; let stand 5 minutes.
- Spread remaining mascarpone mixture over the ladyfingers.
- Position the blueberries in the top left corner of the tiramisu to form the blue portion of the flag.
- Arrange the sliced strawberries in horizontal lines across the tiramisu, leaving about 1 inch between each row, to form the stripes.
- Place in the fridge for at least 4 hours, overnight is best.
- Slice and serve.
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Kathleen @ Yummy Crumble says
Delicious! I love the addition of the berries for July. I would totally skip dinner for this 🙂
Beth says
My husband is making dinner tonight and last night I kept telling him how bad I felt for making him make dinner. I felt like I was inconveniencing him, but I make dinner EVERY night! So, I decided that the way to get over feeling bad is having him make dinner more often so it becomes normal 🙂 I hate being hungry without dinner made.. my go-to seems to be spaghetti at that point!
Joan Hayes says
Oh my gosh, what a BRILLIANT idea! I never would have thought of this — I love it! This is exactly the type of thing I’d want to dive into for a 4th of July party! : )
Michelle | A latte Food says
This is so pretty! I love the coffee spin on the traditional 4th dessert! Who am I kidding, I would love a coffee spin on everything! This looks amazing 🙂
Sara says
This looks so beautiful, I don’t want to wait until the 4th to make it!
Mariah @ Mariah's Pleasing Plates says
Calories totally don’t count on holidays…or weekends…or the 3 times a week that I get donuts. lol
This is brilliant! Love the gorgeous photos. You took tiramisu to a whole new level! Pinned!
Jenna says
So patriotic! Pinned. 🙂
Janet Pallavicini says
Should we form a “No over ever cooks for me either” club I bet we would have hundreds in membership.
Great summer no bake recipe – hope you can freeze some of this, otherwise you’ll have to roll me around the room.
Janet/AZ
dixya | food, pleasure, and health says
i had been wanting tiramisu for a while too..this looks gorgeous!
heather @french press says
nobody ever make me dinner either , but if I had this for dessert I wouldn’t car one bit!!
Heather | girlichef says
What an absolutely beautiful spin on tiramisu! I often find myself eating “dinner” in that manner, too…
Cate | Chez CateyLou says
This is just too cute! I love it – what a perfect dessert for the 4th of July – and so delicious!!
Justine | Cooking and Beer says
This is seriously the coolest thing I’ve seen all day! I love tiramisu, and this fun spin has just blown my mind! Pinned!
Sara @ Bitz & Giggles says
There’s just something to be said about non waist-friendly desserts, like. . .they taste incredible! And this patriotic tiramisu, my friend, is A-OK in my book. LOVE that it is no-bake!
Faith (An Edible Mosaic) says
I am a tiramisu fiend!! This is so pretty with the fresh berries…and healthy ingredients means I can have 2 slices, right? 😉
Stephanie says
Nobody ever makes me dinner either. Booo!
Oh well, if I can have this for dessert, I’ll be ok 🙂