Lemon tiramisu – recipe with Easter Colomba

At Easter, the desire for light spring cakes increases. If you’re having guests over, why not serve the Easter cake in the form of a lemony tiramisu? It tastes wonderfully fresh and will surprise everyone because it looks so beautiful!

In this recipe, a colomba is used and sliced. However, you can also replace this cake with ladyfingers, which you can layer in a classic oven dish.

Did you know? The Colomba cake is the Italian equivalent of the German Easter lamb. It is a light, fluffy cake made from yeast dough, baked in the shape of a dove.

Colomba tiramisu with limoncello

Preparation time: 60 minutes + min. 4 hours resting time

Servings: 6-8

Ingredients Colomba Tiramisu

• 2 eggs
• 100g sugar
• 500g mascarpone
• 20 ml limoncello
• 1 Colomba, approx. 900 g
• 1 pinch of salt
• 4 espressos
• 5 tbsp powdered sugar
• Zest of one organic lemon
• 10 mint leaves

Preparation of lemon tiramisu

1. Separate the eggs.
2. In a large bowl, whisk together the sugar and egg yolks until the sugar has completely dissolved.
3. Now add the mascarpone and limoncello to the cream and stir until completely smooth.
4. Beat the egg whites with a pinch of salt until stiff and carefully fold into the mascarpone cream.
5. Place the finished cream in the fridge for 30 minutes.
6. Cut the Colomba cake crosswise into 3 even pieces.
7. Soak each cut with a little espresso.
8. Spread half of the cream on the base. Place the middle section on top and spread with the other half of the cream. Then place the lid on top.
9. Garnish the colomba tiramisu with lemon zest and mint leaves and dust with powdered sugar.
10. Leave the cake to rest in the fridge for at least 4 hours. It tastes even better if it is left to stand in the fridge overnight.

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The tiramisu step by step in pictures

If you prefer the classic way, you can find the recipe for Italian-style tiramisu here.
Classic tiramisu

In winter and during the Christmas season, you absolutely must try a tiramisu with spiced speculoos!
Speculoos tiramisu