Easy Tiramisu
"Tiraimisu is one of my favorite desserts, but sometimes it's hard to find marscapone cheese. This easy recipe uses cream cheese instead. My mom got this recipe from Martha Stewarts Everyday Food magazine a while ago and we have been making it ever since."
- Ready In:
- 15mins
- Ingredients:
- 8
- Serves:
-
6
ingredients
- 3 tablespoons instant espresso powder
- 3 tablespoons boiling water
- 1 1⁄2 cups cold water
- 8 ounces cream cheese, softened
- 3⁄4 cup heavy cream
- 1⁄3 cup sugar
- 2 (3 ounce) packages ladyfingers
- unsweetened cocoa powder, for dusting
directions
- In a small mixing bowl stir together espresso powder and boiling water until dissolved. Stir in cold water, set aside.
- In a medium mixing bowl with an electric mixer on medium speed beat cream cheese, cream, and sugar until fluffy.
- Spread a few tablespoons of cream cheese mixture in the bottom of a 2 quart serving dish. One by one, dip a third of the ladyfingers in espresso, then arrange in bottom of dish. Spread with a third of the cream cheese mixture. Repeat twice with remaining ladyfingers, espresso, and cream cheese mixture. Cover and chill for up to one day.
- Dust tiramisu with cocoa just before serving.
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Reviews
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I Love this recipe. I am able to adapt it to Gluten-Free by substituting gluten free yellow cake. The cheesy mixture also makes a delicious frosting for my red velvet cupcakes. -
I used strong coffee instead of the espressso powder. I used the firm lady fingers ( Savoiaridi) instead of the spongey type and dipped them only for a split second or they became too mushy. I took this to work and it was a hit. Super easy and delicious! -
This was easy to make and tastes great. I like that you don't have to buy marscopone cheese for this recipe, which is hard to find at times and is often expensive to buy.
Tweaks
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I used strong coffee instead of the espressso powder. I used the firm lady fingers ( Savoiaridi) instead of the spongey type and dipped them only for a split second or they became too mushy. I took this to work and it was a hit. Super easy and delicious!
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I don't really like to cook that much, but I love to bake. My favorite thing to do is bake yummy homemade cupcakes, brownies, cookies, and more. I enjoy eating bake goods as much as making them! I have a sweet Miniature Schnazer named Oliver that we adopted from the animal shelter. I like to collect old cookbooks, the oldest one I have is from 1913. My favorite magazines are Bon Appitite and Martha Stewart's Every Day Food. I just became a Certified Nursing Assistant. Around my house i'm known as the pissed off baker because when I bake you better stay out of the kitchen!!!
