• 284ml elmlea double cream 500g mascarpone cheese 100g sugar 100g boudoir biscuits (ladyfingers) 3 tbsp limoncello liqueur juice of 1 lemon (about 5 tbsp) 8 tbsp lemon curd

I came up with this recipe for my birthday dinner because despite making Nigella Lawson’s super delicious ice cream cake, I have some family members that only like lemon desserts. So I needed to make something quick that was no fuss, and a Tiramisu is just that. It takes all of 15 minutes and you can make it the day before. The flavours develop as the hours go on and it is incredibly tangy and comforting.

  • Prepare the liquor to dip the ladyfingers in by adding 3tbsp of limoncello (or thereabouts), the juice of a lemon, and about 2-3 tbsp of water
  • Dip the ladyfingers, front and back and line the bottom of a 20cm x 20cm glass dish with all the biscuits
  • Add the excess liquor to the biscuits
  • Whip the double cream with the sugar until it is stiff enough to hold up
  • Fold in the mascarpone (at room temperature)
  • Spoon one layer of the cream / mascarpone mix and spread evenly
  • Spoon a layer of lemon curd and spread evenly -this will be a thin layer but will pack in the lemon flavour.
  • Spoon another layer of cream / mascarpone mix, spread evenly, and refrigerate overnight.