Tiramisu

I totally forgot about wanting to take a picture of it [the tiramisu] until the very last minute.

Initially, after seeing how it messy and yucky it looks in the photos, i was pretty adamant about not posting this up at all but then, i was kinda keen to do a write up for it since it was the first time i used mascarpone for my tiramisu.

Grin. Yupyupyup... my first time using mascarpone!



All along, i've been using cream cheese as mascarpone's substitute for i heard better raves on cream cheese than mascarpone.

Then one day i decided to use mascarpone instead, you know.. just to see the difference between one and another. Everything else [the ingredients] was the same except the cheese.

Verdict : i prefer the cream cheese for its cheesy taste. Mascarpone is pretty bland. Not sure if it was the brand i used or what but overall, mascarpone couldn't do what cream cheese does. I read that mascarpone's cheese fat is 3 times the cream cheese but it definitely doesn't seem or taste like it at all... Eating the creamy part was very much like eating whipping cream. Maybe next time round, i should try another brand's and then judge again.

p.s : how you like your tiramisu is very much a personal reference. I may like the cheesier version using cream cheese but i also have a customer's daddy who prefer the lighter version made from mascarpone for it isn't that cheesy.

But it's a good thing that i like the cream cheese better isn't it? Because mascarpone is much more fattening! Heh. [if what i read is correct that is]

Facts found :

Mascarpone.

And more.

Then this.

Hmm... So, mascarpone is indeed more fattening than cream cheese.