Tiramisu is a cool and refreshing Italian dessert that once tasted, leaves an indelible impression on you. The tiramisu was created in Sienna, in the northwestern Italian province of Tuscany. This Italian dessert is made from ladyfinger cookies, espresso coffee, mascarpone cheese, eggs, cream and sugar.

Everybody knows by now that tiramisu means “pick-me-up” in Italian, for the high energetic content (eggs and sugar) and the caffeine of the strong espresso coffee. There are many different stories about the origin of tiramisu.

It is a layered cake; therefore some people believe its origin to be from Tuscany, There, layered cakes have been around for a long time. The brilliant idea in tiramisu is not in the technique of layering but in the components of it. The great invention of combining together coffee, zabaglione cream and chocolate is the true innovation of this sublime dessert.

Stories are told about how tiramisu was the favourite of Venice’s courtesans, who needed a pick-me-up to fortify themselves between their amorous encounters. True? Nobody knows, but it does make a colourful history. Today, tiramisu can be found not only throughout Italy but also all over the world. One would expect countries like Hong Kong, Australia and England to produce tiramisu quite unlike the original one, but on the contrary, there are many that are comparable. This would be attributed to people behind the production of this lusciousness who take the time and trouble to master the finer points of creating tiramisu. There are many flavours for tiramisu such as strawberry, lemon or chocolate. The recipe has even been adapted into cakes, puddings and other varieties of the dessert. Go into a bakery and you will find a tiramisu cake proudly displayed in the glass-case. Have a quiet lunch at a restaurant and the smiling waitress will inquire if you would like to try their special desserts, “such as tiramisu”. Dining at an upscale restaurant? Never fear, tiramisu is guaranteed to be on the desserts menu. In my opinion, tiramisu is a form of indulgence that has no worthy opponent as of yet, When you put that sliver of tiramisu in your mouth, it is akin to tasting a slice of Heaven.