Editing Tiramisu (section)

==Variations==
[[File:Tiramisu birthday cake - 20200124.jpg|thumb|Tiramisu birthday cake]]
The original shape of the cake is round, although the shape of the biscuits also allows the use of a rectangular or square pan. However, it is often assembled in round glasses, which show the various layers, or pyramids. Modern versions can have the addition of whipped cream or whipped egg whites, or both, combined with mascarpone. This makes the dish lighter, thick and foamy. Among the most common alcoholic changes includes the addition of Marsala wine. The cake is usually eaten cold.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Greenspan |first=Dorie |date=14 June 2016 |title=The way to make a tiramisu even more unforgettable |language=en-US |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/food/the-way-to-make-a-tiramisu-even-more-unforgettable/2016/06/13/f252967a-2be6-11e6-9b37-42985f6a265c_story.html |access-date=4 August 2022 |issn=0190-8286 |archive-date=8 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108145150/https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/food/the-way-to-make-a-tiramisu-even-more-unforgettable/2016/06/13/f252967a-2be6-11e6-9b37-42985f6a265c_story.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

Another variation involves the preparation of the cream with eggs heated to sterilize it, but not so much that the eggs scramble. Over time, replacing some of the ingredients, mainly coffee, there arose numerous variants such as tiramisu with chocolate, amaretto, berry, lemon, strawberry, pineapple, yoghurt, banana, raspberry, and coconut.

Numerous variations of tiramisu exist. Some cooks use other cakes or sweet, yeasted bread, such as [[panettone]], in place of [[Ladyfinger (biscuit)|ladyfingers]] (''savoiardi'').<ref>''Larousse Gastronomique'', New York: Clarkson Potter Publishers, 2001, pp. 1214.</ref> Bakers living in different Italian regions often debate the use and structural qualities of utilising other types of cookies, such as pavesini for instance, in the recipe.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.agrodolce.it/2016/10/14/tiramisu-pavesini-vs-savoiardi-chi-vince/ |access-date=14 May 2020 |website=Agrodolce |title=Tiramisù: pavesini vs savoiardi, chi vince? |date=14 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180929003538/http://www.agrodolce.it:80/2016/10/14/tiramisu-pavesini-vs-savoiardi-chi-vince/ |archive-date=29 September 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> Other cheese mixtures are used as well, some containing raw eggs, and others containing no eggs at all. Marsala wine can be added to the recipe, but other liquors are frequently substituted for it in both the coffee and the cheese mixture, including dark rum, [[Madeira wine|Madeira]], [[Port wine|port]], [[brandy]], [[Malibu (rum)|Malibu]] or [[Irish cream]] and especially coffee-flavoured liqueurs such as [[Tia Maria]] and [[Kahlúa]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2014/mar/13/how-to-make-perfect-tiramisu|title=How to make the perfect tiramisu|last=Cloake|first=Felicity|date=13 March 2014|work=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=6 August 2019|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077|archive-date=5 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190705160016/https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2014/mar/13/how-to-make-perfect-tiramisu|url-status=live}}</ref>