Both ladyfingers with a delicate delicious ricotta cream filling that will have you licking the beaters and scraping the bowl to get that last drop as you are making it.
This dessert is a no-bake treat and the combination of mascarpone cheese with ricotta is sweetened to perfection.
Topped with a few mini chocolate chips and a dusting of cocoa powder, it's one of the fastest desserts when hosting a dinner party for guests to enjoy!
For an adult-only version, try adding some Marsala wine to the espresso, Rum, or Kahlua to kick this up another level of yumminess!
We love cannoli in desserts of all kinds, especially our Cannoli Pie Cannoli Mousse, Cannoli Ice Cream, and Cannoli Tarts.
If you love the flavors in an Italian Tiramisu or The Traditional Cannoli Pastry, this will be the perfect recipe to add to your collection, it's simply divine in flavor just scroll down to the bottom of this page for this printable recipe.
No Bake Cannoli Tiramisu Dessert Easy Steps (complete recipe is in the printable recipe card at the end)
- Beat the heavy cream to stiff peaks
- Fold in the ricotta drained
- Layer this mixture with coffee-brushed ladyfingers (add Kahula to this for the adult version)
- Top with more whipped cream, sprinkle with mini chips and unsweetened cocoa powder
- Refrigerate at least 3 hours before serving
Ingredients You Will Need to Make No-Bake Cannoli Tiramisu
- heavy whipping cream (or in a pinch use whipped topping thawed if you prefer)
- powdered sugar
- ricotta cheese drained in a coffee filter or drained in a cheesecloth
- mascarpone cheese or cream cheese
- cinnamon
- vanilla extract
- miniature chocolate chips (and more for garnish around 1 tablespoon)
- instant-made hot espresso or another instant coffee
- Note: for the adult version add some of our Homemade Kahlua , Marsala Wine or Rum
- Lady Fingers (this will make a pan size 9 x 9 if you want a larger dessert double the recipe and buy two packages.)
- Garnish: unsweetened cocoa powder put through a small wire mesh strainer. powdered sugar
Alternative Additions for No Bake Cannoli Tiramisu:
- toasted almonds in addition to the mini chips on top
- chopped and blotted dry maraschino cherries on top
- add sliced strawberries on top for a garnish
- lemon zest and lemon extract and cranberries or another dried fruit
- toasted chopped pistachios
- cinnamon, and sugar on top instead of cocoa powder
- lemon zest, and orange zest, added to the cream
- substitute almond extract for vanilla extract
Tips and Serving Suggestions
- To get the true taste of cannoli, add a little splash of Marsala wine to the coffee instead of Kahlua
- The cake will last around 3 days in the refrigerator.
- A drizzle of chocolate ganache or white chocolate ganache, dust, or just dust powdered sugar with a dash of mixed cinnamon in the sugar, or serve with whipped cream and fruits of your choice.
- Use a springform pan around 6 inches in size to form a tiramisu form.
- For best results only use drained whole milk ricotta (I use a paper coffee filter liner or cheesecloth they work great!)
- Serve topped with sweetened whipped cream garnished with nuts, mini chips, and cocoa powder if desired
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Best No Bake Cannoli Tiramisu Recipe!
If you love cake, this ricotta style is a light blend of flavors and again you can mix and match flavors and it's so versatile!
I love both tiramisu and cannoli and this dessert is perfect and the best of both worlds in flavor.
Simple, easy, decadent, and the perfect take-along for a house party, to whip up in a hurry.
Don't miss this one, I promise every cannoli/tiramisu lover will fall in love.
Yield: 9
No Bake Cannoli Tiramisu
Here's a great combination of lady fingers and cannoli filling the best of both worlds in a dessert. Cannoli Tiramisu
Prep time: 15 MinCook time: 10 MinInactive time: 3 HourTotal time: 3 H & 25 M
Ingredients
- 2 cups heavy whipping cream (or in a pinch use whipped topping thawed if you prefer)
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar plus 2 tablespoons ( or more to taste)
- 1 cup ricotta cheese drained in a coffee filter or drained in a cheesecloth
- 1/4 cup mascarpone cheese or full-fat cream cheese at room temperature
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup miniature chocolate chips (and more for garnish around 1 tablespoon)
- 1 cup of instant-made hot espresso or another instant coffee
- Note: for the adult version add into the coffee and mix with 2 tablespoons of Kahlua, Marsala Wine, or Rum
- 1 package of Ladyfingers (this will make a pan size 9 x 9 if you want a larger dessert double the recipe and buy two packages.)
- Garnish:
- 2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder put through a small wire mesh strainer.
- 1 tablespoon powdered sugar
Instructions
- You will need an 8 x 8 or 9 x 9 square pan. (you can also use a 6-inch springform pan if you want to form the ladyfingers in the circle then fill and layer) Set this aside.
- Directions for the Filling:
- Beat the heavy cream in a chilled bowl slowly adding the vanilla and powdered sugar until stiff peaks form (do not overbeat). Reserve 1 cup of whipped cream for the top of this dessert in the refrigerator.
- In another bowl add the mascarpone cheese, ricotta cheese cinnamon, and mini chips mix to combine evenly.
- Fold this mixture into the remaining heavy cream mixture.
- Layering:
- First place the ladyfingers in the pan.
- Brush with prepared coffee using a pastry brush on each ladyfinger.
- Spread some of the cream on top.
- Add another layer of cookies on top, the rest of the cannoli cream then top with remaining plain whipped cream.
- Sprinkle with mini chips.
- Place the cocoa powder into a small mesh strainer and sprinkle it on top of the cream and chips.
- This is best refrigerated for at least 3 hours loosely covered before serving.
Notes
Tips and Serving Suggestions
- To get the true taste of cannoli, add a little splash of Marsala wine to the coffee instead of Kahlua
- The cake will last around 3 days in the refrigerator.
- A drizzle of chocolate ganache or white chocolate ganache, dust, or just dust powdered sugar with a dash of mixed cinnamon in the sugar, or serve with whipped cream and fruits of your choice.
- Use a springform pan around 6 inches in size to form a tiramisu form.
- For best results only use drained whole milk ricotta (I use a paper coffee filter liner or cheesecloth they work great!)
- Serve topped with sweetened whipped cream garnished with nuts, mini chips, and cocoa powder if desired
Alternative Additions for No Bake Cannoli Tiramisu:
- toasted almonds in addition to the mini chips on top
- chopped and blotted dry maraschino cherries on top
- add sliced strawberries on top for a garnish
- lemon zest and lemon extract and cranberries or another dried fruit
- toasted chopped pistachios
- cinnamon, and sugar on top instead of cocoa powder
- lemon zest, and orange zest, added to the cream
- substitute almond extract for vanilla extract
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