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Build-It-Yourself Tiramisu French Toast

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Easy and delicious!

Ingredients

  • 1 loaf Challah Bread
  • 8 whole Eggs
  • ¼ cups Cream
  • 1 Tablespoon Vanilla Extract
  • ½ Tablespoons Sugar
  • ½ teaspoons Cinnamon
  • 1 Tablespoon Instant Coffee Powder, Divided
  • 4 Tablespoons Butter
  • 1 cup Mascarpone Cheese
  • 1 Tablespoon Honey
  • ½ Tablespoons Cocoa Powder
  • Maple Syrup For Serving
  • Sliced Strawberries For Serving

Preparation

Sliced the loaf of challah bread into 1-inch thick slices. In a large baking dish, combine eggs, cream, vanilla extract, sugar, cinnamon, and half of the instant coffee powder; whisk together. Lay the bread in the dish and let soak in the egg mixture for about 30 seconds each side.

Meanwhile, heat a skillet on medium heat and add 1 tablespoon of butter. Add the French toast and fry until golden brown. Flip (adding more butter if needed, use your judgement) and fry on the other side. Repeat with remaining slices of bread and tablespoons of butter.

Mix mascarpone cheese with honey and remaining coffee powder and spread on French toast slices while warm. Sprinkle with cocoa powder and serve with syrup and strawberries.

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HowSweetEats on 4.19.2011

Hi laura2! You could always sub cocoa powder instead? Mascarpone is a triple cream cheese that is used in Tiramisu. Maybe you could try mixing some cream cheese with cocoa powder or even vanilla yogurt with cocoa powder? It would probably be good too… but I can say for sure. The coffee and mascarpone are used here because that is how tiramisu is made. Let me know if you try any substitutions! :)

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Laura2 on 4.19.2011

I am probably the only person who cringes at the word Coffee in recipes…do you think I could omit the coffee. There is not alot..I think it might turn out alright. Any suggestions on what other flavor to add. More Vanilla?

What does Mascarpone Cheese taste like, or what does it add to the recipe? Never had it.

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HowSweetEats on 4.18.2011

megank – you can use your favorite bread as a sub, I would just try to buy an unsliced loaf so you can slice thick slices. you could also use texas toast!

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megank on 4.17.2011

I can not find Challah bread in my dinky Oklahoma town. Any suggestions for a sub?

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bestfoodies on 4.17.2011

My daughter just loves Tiramisu and I can’t wait to make this for her. Thanks for sharing it!

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pettcl on 1.29.2012

The.best.french.toast!!! If you can, definitely use the challah bread! (They sell it at Whole Foods, by the way.) The whole dish was absolutely decadent. The only change my friends and I did was adding a bit more honey to the mascarpone spread. We could hardly believe that it would be sweet enough with such a small amount of sugar in the whole recipe, but one girl had the toast sans syrup and said it was even great that way. This is not difficult to make, but fairly quick and is tremendously delicious. Make it!!!

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Stacy Makes Cents on 5.16.2011

This is stinking awesome! :-) Thank you! I made a big batch and we enjoyed it several mornings. The strawberries on top were a great addition. I reposted on my website and Facebook.

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JudiF on 5.9.2011

As soon as I saw this recipe, I knew I had to make it for my tiramisu-loving mother-in-law for Mother’s Day. It was a huge hit! Everyone loved it, and it was so easy to make. I bought enough supplies to make two batches, even though there would only be four of us, but one recipe was enough because it’s quite filling. Now I can make it again next weekend!

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