Easy Tiramisu With Variations
"There are so many variations of tiramisu out there, that I decided to put them all on one recipe, so that I would have a choice if I felt like changing this recipe."
- Ready In:
- 16mins
- Ingredients:
- 9
- Serves:
-
6-8
ingredients
- 10 ounces butter pound cake
- 1⁄2 teaspoon instant coffee
- 1 tablespoon warm water
- Kahlua, as needed
- 8 ounces softened cream cheese
- 1⁄2 cup sugar
- 1⁄4 cup chocolate syrup
- 8 ounces Cool Whip
- grated chocolate, as needed
directions
- Slice the pound cake and lay it down in a 9 x 13" pan.
- Dissolve the instant coffee in the warm water.
- Brush the pound cake with a little kahlua.
- In a large mixing bowl put the cream cheese, sugar, chocolate syrup and the dissolved coffee. Beat with an electric mixer, or by hand, until smooth.
- Fold in the Cool Whip.
- Spread the Cooll Whip mixture on top of the pound cake.
- Grate a chocolate bar over the top or sprinkle on a high-quality sweetened powdered cocoa.
- Cover and refrigerate for at least 3 hours.
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Variations:
- Use an 8 x 8" pan and make into two layers.
- Instead of pound cake, use lady fingers (a store-bought type of sponge cake the size of fingers).
- Instead of a pan, put the ingredients into fancy glasses.
- Do not use kahula and keep it alcohol free.
- Put the kahula in with the cream cheese (or whatever alcohol you are using).
- Make up a strong half cup of coffee and brush the cake with it (instead of putting it in the cream cheese).
- Brush the cake with coffee and the kahula or other alcohol.
- Instead of using kahula, use a bit of sherry or orange liquer.
- Do not use chocolate syrup.
- Drizzle the chocolate syrup over the pound cake instead of adding it to the cream cheese mixture.
- Instead of cream cheese use mascarpone cheese.
- Instead of chocolate syrup use some Nutella (chocolate hazelnut spread).
- Use real whipped cream instead of artificial.
- Use regular cake instead of pound cake.
- Garnish with a chopped Heath candy bar (butter brickle covered with chocolate).
- Make up in a triffle bowl, layering the different ingredients.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Andtototoo
United States
I like to eat a variety of food so have lots of different kinds of recipes that I have added and reviewed. Probably the favorite foods that I have reviewed are the ones with Nutella in the ingredients.
