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Sugar-free tiramisu cake
Healthy tiramisu cake with erythritol

Sugar-Free Tiramisu Layer Cake

Author: Flavelo
Recipes Cakes and Desserts
Sugar-free baking challenge: replacing sugar's structure. Erythritol is used here. It doesn't caramelize, so the cake stays pale.
🕒 Prep Time 35 mins
🍳 Cook Time 25 mins
⌛ Total Time 4 hrs
🍽️ Servings 8 servings
🔥 Calories 290 kcal
🌍 Cuisine Italian / Diet

Ingredients

Equipment Needed

  • Cake pan (9-inch)
  • Mixer
  • Spatula
  • Coffee maker

Allergen Information

⚠️ Wheat
⚠️ Egg
⚠️ Milk

Instructions

1 ✓

Preheat 340°F (170°C). Cream butter with half the erythritol.

Tip: Aeration works with erythritol too.
2 ✓

Add eggs, then flour and baking powder.

Tip: Whole wheat makes denser batter.
3 ✓

Bake 25 mins. Cool.

Tip: Pale color due to no caramelization.
4 ✓

Cream: Whip cream. Mix Mascarpone, sweetener, vanilla. Fold.

Tip: Don't overmix Mascarpone.
5 ✓

Split cake. Soak bottom with coffee.

Tip: Absorption is key.
6 ✓

Layer cream. Repeat. Dust with cocoa. Chill 3 hrs.

Tip: Cocoa adds necessary bitterness.

Recipe FAQ

Crunchy cream?
Erythritol didn't dissolve. Use powdered!
Dry sponge.
Whole wheat soaks up liquid. Soak generously with coffee!

Ingredients

  • 1 1/4 cups Whole Wheat Flour (or Almond Flour blend)
  • 1/2 cup (+2 tbsp) Powdered Erythritol
  • 1/2 cup Butter (room temp)
  • 3 large Eggs
  • 1 packet Baking Powder
  • 8 oz Mascarpone
  • 3/4 cup Heavy Cream
  • 2/3 cup Strong Coffee (cold)
  • 3 tbsp Unsweetened Cocoa Powder
  • 1 tsp Vanilla Extract