I’ve been holding on to this healthy tiramisu recipe for over a year, and I’m excited to finally get to share it. If you try the recipe, I hope you will love it as much as we do.
It is rich, creamy, and incredibly light – all for under 100 calories!
Eight years ago, I was given the incredible opportunity to spend Christmas in Italy.
We have cousins who run a hotel in a quaint beach town on the Italian coast, and even though they’d never met us before our trip, they completely showered us with hospitality.
Christmas that year was unlike any other I’ve ever experienced.
The #1 rule I learned for surviving an Italian gathering: If someone puts the most delicious food of your life down in front of you and then asks if you’d like seconds, your answer should always be NO.
There will be at least 7 more courses to come, not including dessert.
So you had better save room.
But each course will be so enticing that, despite your best efforts, you will quickly abandon this rule.
The meal will consist of over three hours of relaxing, conversing with family and friends, drinking, and stuffing yourself so completely that you’ll be convinced you couldn’t possibly fit in dessert.
Yet when the tiramisu comes around, you will find yourself saying, “Just one bite.”
And then another…
And then another…
If you’re anything like me, you can always find room for tiramisu.
Healthy Tiramisu
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup silken tofu or coconut cream
- 2 tbsp oil or milk of choice
- 2 tsp pure vanilla extract
- 1 egg or flax egg
- 1/2 cup flour (spelt, white, or gf all purpose)
- 1/4 tsp each: salt and baking soda
- 1/3 cup sugar or xylitol
Filling Ingredients:
- 3/4 cup silken tofu or coconut cream
- 3/4 cup cream cheese or vegan cream cheese
- 1/2 tsp lemon juice
- 1/4 tsp pure vanilla extract
- 1/4 cup powdered sugar or erythritol
- 1/4 cup espresso or strong brewed coffee
- optional 1 tbsp rum or a few drops rum extract
- optional cocoa for dusting on top
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 F and grease an 8×8 square pan. Set aside. In a medium mixing bowl, whisk together the first 4 ingredients. In a separate bowl, combine all remaining cake ingredients and stir very well. Pour wet into dry and stir until just evenly combined, then pour into the prepared pan. Bake 25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Meanwhile, make the filling by blending the first 5 filling ingredients. Stir the espresso and rum in a small dish. To make the Healthy Tiramisu: Line a 9×5 loaf pan with plastic wrap. Cut the cake in half, placing one half in the bottom of the loaf pan. Brush with some of the espresso, then smooth on a layer of cream. Place the other half of the cake on top, then cover with the rest of the espresso and another layer of cream. Refrigerate at least 5 hours before serving to let the espresso sink into the cake layers. Before serving, dust with cocoa if desired. Makes 4 big servings or 8 squares.View Nutrition Facts
Notes
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Katie, are you part Italian?
Our gatherings are always loud, because I come from a big family, & even bigger extended family. Lots of kids running around, & lots of dessert!
(This tiramasu looks so wonderful, btw!)
Yes… proud Italian 🙂
I come from a small family and only one person is under 16, so our gatherings are fairly quiet. I guess in 10 years they’ll be much louder!
That tiramisu looks so crazy moist! Are the pictures for the sugar added version or sugar substitute?
They will look the same.
Oh wow, that is an excellent point. I guess this isn’t the Wonka Factory where you can taste through the screen, huh?
Thanks for the tofu-free version! This sounds fantastic.
Katiiiie! How could you have been holding onto this recipe for so long? I’m //desperate// for a healthy version of tiramisu (it’s a sickness), and this looks so delicious I may need to pick up some of those ingredients on my way home from work and make it //tonight.//
This recipe looks gorgeous and I’ve definitely got to try it. Though I’m Italian, I’ve never made homemade tiramisu but your recipe is so approachable so I may try it out. My family gatherings are loud, funny, inappropriate and amazing, we don’t understand how to do the whole “quiet and reserved” thing 😉
We’re pretty reserved on the whole, although I suppose it depends on who goes to the gather or more precisely, who your’re looking at.
Perfect timing, Katie! I never post anything on anyone’s blog but had to today because I’ve been looking for a healthier version (& dairy free) of tiramisu for our wedding anniversary this weekend. It’s my husband’s favorite dessert-actually the only sweet thing he craves. Crazy, right? Thank you so much for posting this & all of your other delicious recipes for our family to enjoy!
OMG Katie, you are the best !!!!!!!!! Thank you for this amazing recipe !!!!
Can you use parchment paper instead of plastic wrap?
Ahhh tiramisu! One of my all time favourite desserts! I am lucky enough to have an Italian uncle and thus an auntie who has adopted the skills of making the most scrumptious tiramisu Italian style! This healthy option would be a great excuse to have it more often though 😀 x