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Coffee and Pandoro Mousse

A quick, no-bake spoon dessert: pandoro soaked in coffee, layered with a Greek yogurt and whipped cream coffee mousse.
Recipe Coffee and Pandoro Mousse
  • Difficulty Easy
  • Preparation 20 minutes
  • Servings for 12 people

Have you ever wanted an indulgent after-dinner dessert that’s as refined as it is simple to make? This coffee and pandoro mousse recipe will win you over from the first taste with its wonderful combination of flavors and its incredible softness. Picture an easy coffee dessert in which pandoro, the tall, star-shaped Italian Christmas cake, becomes a soft base soaked in fragrant espresso, ready to hold a creamy coffee mousse that surprises you with every spoonful. Perfect as a Christmas holiday dessert or for using up leftover pandoro, it will become your new go-to for evenings with friends, when you want to impress with a quick no-bake dessert that’s elegant but homey at heart.

The magic of this fluffy espresso mousse lies in a handful of simple ingredients: pandoro, made even richer by the coffee soak, and a chilled mousse with cream and mascarpone enhanced with a touch of Greek yogurt. The result is a pandoro spoon dessert that melts gently in your mouth, bursting with flavor that recalls the classic holiday desserts but in a fresh new way. It’s truly simple to make: you won’t need an oven or any special equipment, which makes it perfect even if you’re short on time over the holidays but still want to bring a showstopping dessert to the table.

If you love coffee desserts, also try our Chocolate and Coffee Mousse or the luscious Coffee Cream; if you love reinvented classics, we recommend the Pandoro Tiramisù and the Panettone Pudding Cake. And for an even lighter variation, don’t miss the Egg-Free Mascarpone Cream. Now all that’s left is to go through every step of this dessert together.

Ingredients for 12 people

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Method

  1. To make the Coffee and Pandoro Mousse, start with the Coffee Mousse. Brew the coffee, sweeten it lightly, and let it cool completely.
  2. In a large bowl, whisk together the yogurt, half of the coffee (45 ml), and the powdered sugar. In a separate bowl, pour in the cream, cold from the refrigerator, and whip it to soft peaks.
    Coffee and pandoro mousse, step 2: whisking the yogurt with coffee and powdered sugar
  3. Gradually add the softly whipped cream to the mixture you made in the previous step, folding gently from the bottom up so it doesn’t deflate.
  4. Once you have a fluffy, creamy, smooth mousse, add the remaining 45 ml of coffee as well. Fold it into the mixture gently with a spatula, working from the bottom up.
    Coffee and pandoro mousse, step 4: folding in the rest of the coffee
  5. Take the pandoro, cut it into medium pieces, dip them in the coffee, and arrange them in an even layer in the bottom of the cups or bowls you want to use.
    Coffee and pandoro mousse, step 5: a layer of coffee-soaked pandoro
  6. Spoon the coffee mousse into a piping bag and pipe a layer of cream into the bowls. Continue with another layer of pandoro and another of coffee mousse.
    Coffee and pandoro mousse, step 6: piping the mousse into the bowls
  7. Dust with cocoa powder and let rest in the refrigerator for at least 10 minutes, or until you are ready to serve the Coffee and Pandoro Mousse. Finally, remember to download our App with exclusive content and fewer ads!
    Coffee and pandoro mousse, a layered spoon dessert

Variations and Alternatives

Of course, if you don’t have any leftover Pandoro, you can easily use Cookies, Ladyfingers, or even Panettone or Colomba (the Italian Easter cake).

If you want to make the Coffee and Pandoro Mousse for children too, you can halve the amount of Coffee and add the same amount of Milk.

Tips

To make the Coffee and Pandoro Mousse even tastier, you can add a few Dark Chocolate Chips to the Cream.

Storage

Coffee and Pandoro Mousse keeps in the refrigerator for a few days in an airtight container. You can also freeze it if you like.

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