India, March 21 -- Tiramisu is immensely popular, even winning the title of the 'Best Dessert in the World' recently. As we celebrate World Tiramisu Day today, we look at how this coffee-based indulgent dessert, which originated in Treviso, Italy in 1960 has now become a favourite among chefs and food bloggers alike, to experiment with.

The creation of the tiramisu has been credited to Chef Roberto Linguanotto, who invented this dessert as a literal pick-me-up - translating to tiramisu, explains Amol Phute, executive chef, Bastian. Roberto, a pastry chef at the restaurant Le Beccherie, wanted to modernise a traditional Venetian dessert called sbatudin. It was thought to be something usually enjoyed by the poor as it consisted of a few in...