Dids - Hints, tips and the tiddy

All the tiramisu recipes benefit from being made ahead – the tip is – don't decorate until you're ready to serve. You can have your Flake bashed or your plain chocolate grated, ready. If you want to add an optional sprinkle of crushed Amaretti biscuits, likewise – bash and bag!

As I mentioned you have serving options – large or small (the tiddy).

If you opt for the tiddy the best tip I can give is set your stall out – choose your size of glass or dish and an appropriate cutter to fit. The glasses I use have a capacity of 160ml – they measure 7 cms in diameter and 7 cms deep.

If you'd like to see a photo guide check out A Tiddy Tiramisu 20th June 2017 which illustrates the lemon version.

You'll see sliced Madeira cake, along with the glass I used and the cutter too – the size is 4cms in diameter and the cake should be 1cm slices approximately.

On the subject of cake - you could bake your own Madeira cake if you wish but it seems unfair on the cake when you're going to dunk it in syrup! Why not use an “economy” range Madeira cake - available in most supermarkets – a word to the wise – they vary in size so I'd buy two to be on the safe side. You could use a lemon drizzle cake instead of the Madeira.

One final tip – complete your tiddy with a circle of cake - add a teaspoon of the curd to the cake top and then sprinkle with the chocolate and optional crushed Amaretti biscuits – the curd “glues” the chocolate and the biscuits in place.

A perfect make ahead celebration pud!