Forks & Knives: Tiramisu Obsession !

Okay, SERIOUSLY, drool. This recipe is amazing! I'm not going to lie, I did have some troubles in the beginning since the original recipe did not convince me. I made a couple of tweaks and if I do say so myself, made it into a FAN-TAS-TIC dessert! This no bake Tiramisu is a very popular Italian dessert that is made with ladyfinger cookies dipped in coffee and usually layered with a whipped mixture of mascarpone cheese and eggs. In my recipe I replaced the mascarpone cheese with a less expensive ingredient, cream cheese! Give it a try and let me know what you think. Regardless, it's pretty outrageous!

Ingredients:

16 ounces Cream Cheese

1 1/2 cups Heavy cream

6-7 ounces Lady Fingers (One Package)

2/3 cups Sugar

2 cups of Coffee or Espresso

3 tbls. Baileys Cream (Rum or any other coffee flavored liquor works)

2 tsp. Vanilla Extract

1-2 tsps. of cocoa powder

Chocolate, for garnish

Directions:

1. Before anything else, I start by brewing my Espresso. 1 1/2-2 cups should be sufficient for your recipe. (Coffee works as well)

2. In a bowl, beat cream cheese, vanilla extract and liquor together. (It helps to have the cream cheese softened ahead of time.)

3. In a separate bowl, beat the heavy cream and sugar together with a mixer. Beating the heavy cream separately helps the cream to have a stiff consistency.

3. Once the cream has formed into a whipped cream, add the mixture into the cream cheese. fold or beat together to combine.

4. Once the creamy mixture is ready you can start assembling your dessert. Start by covering the bottom of your dish with cream. Dip the ladyfinger cookie into the espresso so that it can absorb the liquid. Place the soaked lady finger cookie on top of the cream and repeat the steps.

5. As you see in the pictures above, I started by making individual tiramisu desserts in mason jars. This is a bit more work to do. Since I was in a rush to get them into some hungry stomachs, I changed it and finished it off in a larger platter.