Tiramisu question...

[LaraMN]

I'm making it for company tomorrow night and I wonder how it should best be served. Would it be advisable to bake it tonight and refrigerate it, or would I be better off baking it tomorrow and serving it promptly? I've never made it before, so I've no idea, but I'm thinking it might get soggy if it sits?

[WritingIsMyReligion]

1. No idea, but tiramisu is delish!

:kick:

;)

[MadAsHellNewYorker]

2. Bake tonight. And it needs to get soggy

it absorbs all the yummy liquid and thats how it tastes oh so good.

[LaraMN]

4. Thanks, honey! With two types of alcoholic beverages in it,

it HAS to be good!

[MadAsHellNewYorker]

5. hell yea! enjoy

:9

[GirlinContempt]

3. Wait, are you making tiramisu or tiramisu cake?

[GirlinContempt]

6. I ask because

You don't bake tiramisu, but usually you chill it for at least 2 or 3 hours after prep before serving.

[LaraMN]

8. I have to bake the cake part that is equivalent to the lady fingers

typically used. So yeah, I don't actually bake the whole thing.

[GirlinContempt]

11. haha this is funny

we're answering each others questions in different parts of the thread :D

[LaraMN]

13. It's a twin thing.

There's just a bit of a delay...

[GirlinContempt]

16. Exactly

:D

Speaking of twinnyness, you should twin me and chat sometime :D

[LaraMN]

18. Well, since we have the mind-thing going,

you should have realized right. about. now. that I don't know what "twin me" means.
:rofl:

[GirlinContempt]

19. *giggle*

It means copy me, silly goose ;)

[LaraMN]

20. *double giggle*

I swear I really do have an IQ well above 100, but I get easily confused!

So I'm supposed to talk to myself?

:shrug:

Maybe 2 pm naps aren't a good idea for me.

[GirlinContempt]

21. I PMed you

:D

[LaraMN]

7. Um.

It's made with hot milk sponge cake, not ladyfingers. Is that relevant? The recipe just calls it plain old "Tiramisu," and describes a cake-like version, which is descriptive of the only type I've ever had. What's the diff? :shrug:

[GirlinContempt]

9. Well

if you're asking about baking, you don't bake tiramisu. But, if you're making it with cake, and you're making the cake yourself, you'd have to bake that, so it makes sense.

But once it's all put together, you just chill it for a few hours, no baking required. I've heard anything from 2 hours to overnight for chill times. :)

[LaraMN]

12. Gotcha!

My brain is no longer attempting to fire the extra cylinders. Thanks. I hate to use them unless I can't find my keys or my car, or something.

[miss_american_pie]

10. You could save yourself the step of baking

and buy ladyfingers from the store and use those in place of the cake. But definitely refrigerate overnight if you do it that way.

[LaraMN]

14. I thought about it, but I decided that I want to do it all from scratch.

Because I like pain.
:P

[miss_american_pie]

15. Every time I try a new recipe from scratch

it goes terribly wrong the first time. :P

[LaraMN]

17. Shhhh!

I don't need any self-fulfilling prophecies taking root around here!