Name: Fake tiramisu without eggs: a no-bake dessert ready in no time
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 12
Ingredients: 200 g butter; 1 kg smooth creamy quark; 250 ml milk; 2 packets cream/vanilla pudding powder without sugar (2 × 40 g); 1 tablespoon potato starch (Solamyl, Gustin); 3/4 cup granulated sugar (approx. 150 g); 2 tablespoons instant coffee; 300 ml hot water; optional 1–2 tablespoons rum or amaretto; approx. 700 g round sponge biscuits; Dutch cocoa for dusting

Prepare the coffee. Pour hot water over the instant coffee, stir and let cool slightly. For an adult version add rum or amaretto.

Make the quark cream. In a bowl whisk together the milk, pudding powders and starch until smooth. In a saucepan over low heat melt the butter with the sugar. Stir in the quark and then, while stirring constantly, pour in the pudding mixture in a thin stream. Cook 3–5 minutes until thickened. Remove from heat and let cool for 10 minutes (the cream should be warm, not hot).

Layer the dessert. Line the bottom of the pan with ladyfingers briefly dipped in coffee (don’t soak them long, they will soften). Spread a third of the cream. Repeat: ladyfingers – cream – ladyfingers – cream – ladyfingers. In total 4 layers of ladyfingers and 3 layers of cream, with the cream ending inside.