Servings : Serves 8
A rich and coffee-flavoured dessert, one of my family favourites!
Ingredients
- 8 oz. box cream cheese at room temperature (250 gm)
- 6 tbsp. sugar (divided in half)
- 3/4 - 1 cup heavy liquid whipping cream plus 1 tbsp. sugar (1 ½ cups of Cool Whip may be used as an instant alternative)
- 3 egg yolks, at room temperature
- 1 tsp. vanilla essence
- 1 cup strong coffee, or as needed (mix 2-3 tsp coffee powder in 1 cup hot water to make this)
- 1 package of lady fingers (Sponge Biscuits for Tiramisu)
- cocoa powder & chocolate shavings - for garnishing
Instructions
Make the cup of coffee by mixing 2-3 tsp coffee powder in 1 cup of very hot water. Set aside to cool completely.
In a large mixing bowl, mix the softened Cream Cheese with 3 tbsp. of sugar until the sugar is completely dissolved.
In a separate bowl, mix the 3 egg yolks with the remaining 3 tbsp. of sugar n vanilla extract/essence and whisk continuously in a double boiler (this means you put the yolks in a heat-proof bowl and place the bowl over boiling water, not in the water, just on top of the pan which has boiling water). Keep whisking until eggs are cooked by the hot steam (approx. 1-2 minutes). The colour of the yolks will turn a lemon yellow when done.
Immediately mix the egg mixture into the cream cheese mixture and stir well.
Add 2-3 tbsp. of the prepared liquid coffee into the mixture and mix well. This will add coffee flavour into the cream cheese/yolks mixture.
Whip the heavy whipping cream with 1 tbsp. sugar in a bowl over ice until fluffy and peaks form. Then gently fold the whipped cream into the cream cheese/egg mixture until well incorporated. This will be the tiramisu's creamy filling.
Now, to assemble the tiramisu, dip each lady finger sponge biscuit for about 2 seconds in the liquid coffee and lay them out in your dish to form a layer. Spread the creamy filling evenly on top of the fingers followed by some chocolate shavings. Then lightly dust cocoa powder over the filling using a tea strainer. Repeat with another layer of coffee dipped fingers, followed by the cream filling, chocolate shavings and cocoa powder. Keep going until everything is used up.
Sprinkle some chocolate shavings and dust cocoa powder over the final layer. Then chill the dessert overnight to set and improve in flavour. This dessert tastes better with time, so after 12-24 hours it will taste much better than it would when it's freshly made.
Enjoy!
Wonderful recipe…
dear fauzia assalamualaikum iwant to know what is ladyfinger sponge biscuit or its alternative please.as iam thinking of making this but always get stuck at this and do not proceed
W/Salaam, they are a kind of spongy biscuits used mainly for tiramisu. You can google to see how they look.
Assalam Alaikum
there must be some alternate to the lady finger. I don’t think it is readily available where I live and if it is (imported) it’s probably expensive. If you experiment with something else let me know.
W/Salaam, you can try the sugared biscuits instead. Result will not be the exact same but it won’t be bad. Where do you live? Have you tried the local supermarkets?
salam!
I can’t get lady fingers anywhere….What other flavour cookies / biscuits can I use??
You can use cake rusks, plain or sugared tea biscuits or sponge cake.
Salam Fauzia, thak you for the recipe. I had been looking for Tiramisu recipe for quite some time. COuld you please tell me which cream cheese did you use?
W/Salaam, I use Philadelphia, Dairy Belle or Mascarpone Cream Cheese.
Hi jus a lil confused are we dipping d fingers in the mixture that has coffe in it ir seperatly in more coffee?
In the cup of coffee listed in the ingredients.
If we dont have lady fingers what are the alternative cookie for this recipe
Please refer to the posts above.
Dear fauzia! what is vanilla extract…is dat vanilla essence or sometiing different?
Yes you can use essence in place of extract.
im bit confused with cheese cream.
its same thing cheese spread? i got dairylea cheese spread is the right one.
thank u
No it is different from the spread, thicker in consistency.
hey can u explain to me the cream process again ? do v hv to use 3/4 cups or 1 1/2 cup cream ?
The cream in liquid form should be 3/4 of a cup. When whipped it expands to 1 1/2 cups. Hope that clarified it.
and do v jv to dip the ladyfingers in dry coffee or do v hv to mix coffee with water n then mix
Mix coffee in water, then dip them in that.
Can u pls tell the
Can u pls tell the consistency of the coffee mix to dip in the sponge ladyfingers?
thnx
Just liquid coffee dear,
Just liquid coffee dear, nothing complicated. 🙂
I need to ask do i need to add coffee in cream cheese mixture too as u hav mentioned ovensve….. Dry coffee or mixture.?
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From the liquid mixture dear.
AoA. Which brand heavy whipping cream do you use??
W/Salaam, different countries have different brands. Where are you located? Best to ask at your local supermarket for the best quality available.
Im in lahore but i do get imported brands from few stores here. Plz lemme know which one do you use?
I use Millac Gold UHT brand of whipping cream.
Assalamu alaikum Dear fauzia .
I live here in india,s0 w0uld y0u please tell me which kind 0f cheese cream I use?c0z I d0n’t think y0ur cream y0u use is available here.
Jazakallah!
W/Salaam, sorry I have never been to India so have no idea what brands are available there. I use philadelphia cream cheese.
salam sis,
I couldn’t understand this bit,
“¾ cup heavy whipping cream plus 1 tbsp. sugar whipped to 1 ½ cups (1 ½ cups of Cool Whip may be used as an instant alternative)”………..what does it mean.
Also, in recipe, it has not been mentioned that the coffee should be in liquid form when you dip the biscuits in them…Which coffee gives the excellent results? Mocha,latte,espresso?
I would appreciate if you re write few points and make it easy to understand like the rest of your recipes 🙂
jzk
W/Salaam. With whipping cream, when whipped it DOUBLES in volume. So when you start with the three-quarter cup of cream and whip it, it will expand to become one and a half cups of cream. Hope that helped. As for coffee, it depends on personal taste, if you like it very strong use espresso, otherwise just use plain instant coffee mixed in hot water and cooled. No milk should be added in the coffee AT ALL. 🙂