Protein Tiramisu | High Protein Dessert

Recipe Note

Did you know that tiramisu means "pick me up" – in the sense of "cheer me up"? So our protein tiramisu can also be called a little pick-me-up with a wink!

Our Tiramisu Ingredients

This is how our quick tiramisu becomes the best protein tiramisu you can imagine:

• Vegan Skyr & Quark: These two ingredients replace the mascarpone used in traditional Italian tiramisu. This way, our version is not only vegan but also high in protein. And you won’t even notice that "something is missing" in our skyr tiramisu.

• Aquafaba: Aquafaba is unsalted chickpea water, which you can buy in many supermarkets or easily make yourself by cooking chickpeas and collecting the water. Alternatively, you can also use vegan whipped cream.
  Our (personally) world’s best egg-free tiramisu needs an ingredient that brings airiness – aquafaba is a popular vegan alternative that makes our cream really fluffy and creamy. Traditional recipes often use raw eggs. Our recipe is egg-free – so it’s not only vegan but also safer and more hygienic (keyword: salmonella).

• Protein Powder from Vetain: The protein powders simply increase the protein content of the tiramisu and make it what it is: an incredibly delicious high-protein dessert!

• Bitter Almond Flavor: Tiramisu often contains alcohol – but so everyone can enjoy it, we skip alcohol in our protein tiramisu and instead use a flavor that gives a similar taste.

• Cashew Butter: It gives our light tiramisu with quark a full-bodied and creamy mouthfeel – almost like a "real" tiramisu.

• Sponge Fingers: Many high-protein tiramisu recipes use rice cakes or similar instead of sweet sponge fingers, which have higher protein and lower sugar content. We decided to make the protein tiramisu with sponge fingers because, for us, they simply make a good tiramisu. But of course, you can also make a high-protein tiramisu with rice cakes!

Protein Tiramisu with a Twist: The Best Tiramisu Variations

Tiramisu (whether with or without protein) is now available not only in the classic version but also in many other exciting varieties. With this tiramisu recipe, you can try other variations too – you just need to swap a few ingredients:

• Protein Strawberry Tiramisu: Instead of espresso & coffee protein powder, use pureed strawberries & strawberry protein powder, and place fresh strawberry slices between the layers.

• Protein Matcha Tiramisu: Instead of espresso & coffee protein powder, use a matcha protein shake, and add matcha protein powder to the cream instead of vanilla protein powder.

• Protein Chocolate Tiramisu: Use a chocolate protein powder in both the cream and the espresso.

• Protein Banana Tiramisu: Replace the protein powder in the cream with a banana protein powder and place fresh banana slices between the layers.

Our protein powder: Vetains Vegan Protein

May I introduce? Vetain's Vegan Protein – the protein powder at a glance:

• High-quality multi-component protein

• With organic ingredients

• Delicious, natural flavor from natural aromas

• Free from gluten and lactose, artificial additives & sucralose

• High quality: made under strict standards in Germany and lab-tested

We might be a little biased, but for us, Vetain's protein powder is the ideal ingredient in the vegan protein tiramisu recipe. It not only tastes delicious but also contains various plant-based protein sources that complement your dessert in flavor and nutrition.

Substitution table

How often do we want to cook a recipe, but certain ingredients are missing or we don't like some components? For this case, we have a substitution table for you so you can adjust the recipe the way you like! Simply swap individual ingredients as you wish!

• Aquafaba → (plant-based) whipped cream

• vegan skyr → (vegan) mascarpone

• vegan quark → (vegan) mascarpone

• Vanilla protein powder → hazelnut protein powder or other varieties

• Coconut blossom sugar → another sweetener of your choice

• Cashew butter → (vegan) cream cheese, other nut butters

• Coffee protein powder → neutral protein powder or other varieties

• Bitter almond flavor → omit or replace with some Marsala or Amaretto (for an alcoholic version)

• Ladyfingers → rice cakes, gluten-free ladyfingers for a gluten-free version

Our protein tiramisu is vegan, but of course you can also use animal ingredients if you want!

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