Letitia Ann Clark'S Lemon Tiramisu · Rach Pilston
Letitia Ann Clark’s latest book For the Love of Lemons, celebrates a single sunny ingredient, the lemon. Joyful and bright recipes that transport us to sunnier days.
From Letitia: ‘I may have resisted the temptation to call this ‘lemonisu’ (partly because it doesn’t sound right anyway) but I could not resist writing a recipe for a pale yellow, lemony tiramisù. Of course, a real tiramisù should have coffee and cocoa (and in my mind, marsala and brandy), but this is a truly heavenly (if heathen) version, which, quite apart from being delicious, has a strong aesthetic argument behind it; such swathes of lemon yellow and pale cream seem like some sort of divinely luxurious sofa, smug and snug in the corner of an idyllic Amalfi residence.
If you happen to have any leftover lemon cake, use that as it will be even better. Some people like to soak the sponge layer in limoncello, but I find it both too sweet and too strong, so I have left it out. This version is innocent, unapologetically creamy and child-friendly.
Photography by Charlotte Bland for Quadrille publishing. You can find Letitia’s new book here.