Idea on making cheap tiramisu - zabaglione cake?

[grain]

Tiramisu is my most favourite dessert but mascopone cheese isn't cheap. I'm thinking of making zabaglione cake which only needs sugar, egg yolks and marsala wine (for zabaglione, check here: Tiramisu : Recipes and Tips - wikiMama ) .

It is not really tiramisu. I'd call it "Tira-Miss" because it misses some important ingredients.

sponge fingers will be replaced with ordinary sponge cake.

zabaglione may be added with a spoon of gelatin and condensed milk.

coffee dip will be made of nestle.

Before I go ahead, does anyone ever make zabaglione? do you think it's possibly to make cake with this creamy egg mixture?

 

[giginpeppep]

Never made a cake with it-I think my aunt may have put it in between layers on a cake she made; sort of like icing. The layers were very thin. They slid around alot when trying to cut the pieces. I also remember the old ladies using it as stuffing for pastry-type desserts. If I remember correctly, it was a very 'grown-up' taste; not too popular with the kids. Sorry, but that was thirty five years ago; maybe forty. No one left in the family still makes it. I tried custard a couple times, but never had the patience or sense for the temperature control. If I remember correctly, they did it on a double boiler - low temp, but had to be mixed like crazy until it got thick.

 

[grain]

giginpeppep, glad that it arouses your childhood's memory and i think it should be a sweet moment. i think i'm going to make it in this weekend.

 

[ChefJune]

I make a number of zabaglione/sabayons, but they are much more of a sauce consistency. Fluffy sauce, but definitely sauce.

I think what you are talking about making sounds quite tasty, but nothing like tiramisu.

 

[4meandthem]

What about substiting the mascarpone with sweetened tofu or cottage cheese or cream cheese or a mix of them.


On edit:here is a recipe for substituting mascarpone.

http://www.food.com/recipe/mascarpone-cheese-substitute-66077