📚 Tiramisu, noun. 🔉 /ˌtɪrəmɪˈsuː/ 🇬🇧 ❓ Definition (mass noun): An Italian dessert consisting of layers of sponge cake soaked in coffee and brandy or liqueur with powdered chocolate and mascarpone cheese. ❗️ Examples: 1. Caesar salad dressing, the Italian dessert tiramisu, homemade ice cream, chocolate mousse, eggnog, cookie dough, and frostings can contain raw eggs. 2. Other desserts include tiramisu and a bonbon liqueur, which looked as if it came from the Viennetta school of dessert design. 3. One such confection is the Venetian dessert tiramisu, meaning pick-me-up, which involves first creaming the mascarpone with yolks of egg and a little fresh cream, and then incorporating whipped whites of egg. 4. Beginning with appetizers of calamari and garlic bread and ending with a dessert of creamy tiramisu and vanilla ice cream. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🌀 @cambridge_dic