Tiramisu ice cream cake with chocolate sauce
Italy
Known as an Italian recipe, with similar versions prepared across other nations.
Ingredients 12 ingredients
- ½ tbsp unsalted butter
- 65ml/2fl oz double cream
- 250g/9oz ready-made sponge fingers
- Water
- Dip
- 200g/7oz ready-made coffee ice cream
- 200ml/7fl oz espresso coffee
- 65g/2oz plain chocolate, minimum 70 per cent cocoa solids, broken into pieces
- 75g/2½oz plain chocolate, grated, to serve
- cocoa powder, for dusting
- 75ml/2¾fl oz Marsala wine
- 200g/7oz ready-made vanilla ice cream
Possible health benefits
General information, not medical advice.
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Ice cream
Source of riboflavin · 0.2 mg per 100 g, 17% of the reference intake per 100 g
- Riboflavin contributes to normal energy-yielding metabolism.
- Riboflavin contributes to normal functioning of the nervous system.
- Riboflavin contributes to the maintenance of normal mucous membranes.
6 more authorised claims
- Riboflavin contributes to the maintenance of normal red blood cells.
- Riboflavin contributes to the maintenance of normal skin.
- Riboflavin contributes to the maintenance of normal vision.
- Riboflavin contributes to the normal metabolism of iron.
- Riboflavin contributes to the protection of cells from oxidative stress.
- Riboflavin contributes to the reduction of tiredness and fatigue.
Riboflavin (also called vitamin B2) is important for the growth, development, and function of the cells in your body. It also helps turn the food you eat into the energy you need. NIH fact sheet
Source of vitamin B12 · 0.4 µg per 100 g, 16% of the reference intake per 100 g
- Vitamin B12 contributes to normal energy-yielding metabolism.
- Vitamin B12 contributes to normal functioning of the nervous system.
- Vitamin B12 contributes to normal homocysteine metabolism.
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- Vitamin B12 contributes to normal psychological function.
- Vitamin B12 contributes to normal red blood cell formation.
- Vitamin B12 contributes to the normal function of the immune system.
- Vitamin B12 contributes to the reduction of tiredness and fatigue.
- Vitamin B12 has a role in the process of cell division.
Vitamin B12 is a nutrient that helps keep your body’s blood and nerve cells healthy and helps make DNA, the genetic material in all of your cells. NIH fact sheet
Source of calcium · 128 mg per 100 g, 16% of the reference intake per 100 g
- Calcium contributes to normal blood clotting.
- Calcium contributes to normal energy-yielding metabolism.
- Calcium contributes to normal muscle function.
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- Calcium contributes to normal neurotransmission.
- Calcium contributes to the normal function of digestive enzymes.
- Calcium has a role in the process of cell division and specialisation.
- Calcium is needed for the maintenance of normal bones.
- Calcium is needed for the maintenance of normal teeth.
Calcium is a mineral your body needs to build and maintain strong bones and to carry out many important functions. Calcium is the most abundant mineral in the body. NIH fact sheet
Source of phosphorus · 105 mg per 100 g, 15% of the reference intake per 100 g
- Phosphorus contributes to normal energy-yielding metabolism.
- Phosphorus contributes to normal function of cell membranes.
- Phosphorus contributes to the maintenance of normal bones.
1 more authorised claims
- Phosphorus contributes to the maintenance of normal teeth.
Phosphorus is a mineral contained in each cell in our body. Most phosphorus is in the bones and teeth, and some is in your genes. NIH fact sheet
Nutrients per 100 g of “Ice creams, vanilla”, USDA FoodData Central.
Claims: EU Register of health claims (Regulation (EU) No 432/2012, © European Union, CC BY 4.0), shown only where the ingredient meets the claim's conditions (Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006). Nutrients: USDA FoodData Central (CC0). Facts: NIH Office of Dietary Supplements (public domain).
Cook safely
Keep children and pets away from the hob and the oven, and keep oven gloves and a lid within reach.
- Boiling water and steam. Turn pan handles inward, away from the edge of the hob. Lift lids away from you, and pour hot water away from your body: steam burns too.
Method
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- For the ice cream cake, pour the espresso coffee and Marsala wine into a bowl. Dip half of the sponge fingers into the coffee and wine mixture (do this quickly so they don't disintegrate). Arrange the soaked sponge fingers in a layer at the bottom of a square freezable dish.
- Place the coffee and vanilla ice creams into two separate bowls. Beat each with a wooden spoon until soft, smooth and spreadable.
- Spread the coffee ice cream over the soaked sponge fingers.
- Dip the remaining sponge fingers in the coffee and wine mixture, as before, then spread over the softened vanilla ice cream.
- Dust the surface of the ice cream cake all over with cocoa powder. Place in the freezer to chill for 20 minutes.
- Meanwhile, for the chocolate sauce, bring a little water to a simmer in a pan. Suspend a heatproof bowl over the pan (do not allow the base of the bowl to touch the water). Add the plain chocolate pieces and double cream to the bowl and stir until all of the chocolate pieces have melted and the mixture is completely smooth and well combined.
- Add the butter and stir until it has melted and the mixture is glossy. Keep warm.
- To serve, place a square of the chilled tiramisu ice cream cake into the centre of each of four serving plates. Sprinkle over the grated plain chocolate and drizzle over the hot chocolate sauce.
Plating
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Saucepan
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Mixing bowl
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Wooden spoon