A rich and coffee-flavoured dessert, one of my family favourites!
INGREDIENTS
8oz box cream cheese at room temp
6 tbsp. sugar (divided)
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)
3 egg yolks
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1 cup strong coffee (or as needed)
1 package lady fingers
cocoa powder & chocolate shavings – for garnishing
INSTRUCTIONS
1. In a large mixing bowl, mix softened Cream Cheese with 3 tbsp. of sugar until sugar is completely dissolved.
2. In a separate bowl, mix 3 egg yolks with remaining 3 tbsp. of sugar n vanilla extract 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 color of the yolks will turn a lemon yellow when done.
3. Immediately mix the egg mixture into the cream cheese mixture and stir well.
4. Add 2-3 tbsp. of the coffee into the mixture and mix well.
5. Whip Heavy Whipping Cream and 1 tbsp. Sugar in a bowl over ice until fluffy. Fold Whipped Cream into cream cheese/egg mixture until well incorporated.
6. Dip each lady finger sponge biscuit for about 2 seconds in coffee and lay them out in your dish.
7. Spread ½ of the cream cheese filling evenly on top of the fingers followed by some chocolate shavings.
8. Lightly dust cocoa powder over the filling. Tea strainer works great!
9. Repeat with another layer of coffee dipped fingers.
10. Top with remaining filling and chocolate shavings.
11. Sprinkle cocoa powder over the top to form a coating.
12. Chill overnight to set. (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!
Comments
Wonderful recipe...
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. :)
W/Salaam, they are a kind of spongy biscuits used mainly for tiramisu. You can google to see how they look.
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
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 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
From the liquid mixture dear.
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.
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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.
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.
I need to ask do i need to add coffee in cream cheese mixture too as u hav mentioned ovensve..... Dry coffee or mixture.?
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.
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.
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.
Salam ...thank you sooo much for all the yummy recipes ..have tried many of them and they all turned great!
Just a little confusion , I got the part that we have to dip the lady fingers in liquid coffee...but do we have to add dry coffee to the cream mixture as well as it says in step no. 4 of the recipe to add 2-3 teaspoons coffee..
Thanx in advance :)
W/Salaam, yes exactly, you add some of the coffee in the cream mixture, the rest is used for dipping. :)
salaams..
doyou know if ladyfingers is available in uae ?
W/Salaam, it should be available, try Tavola.
Can you plz give the recipe of "SOUFFLE"..??
salam, I want to ask that the cream cheese available here is not boxed. plus the bottle onesthat is available is quite salty... is the box one salty too???
W/Salaam, the box version has a bit of salt but is not as salty as the spreadable cheese.
W/Salaam, I forget which brand I used when was in the UK but it was easily available at any Tesco outlet, it will be marked Double Cream or Whipping Cream.
Salam sis. Can you please tell me what brand of heavy whipping cream and cold instant whipping cream i can find here in UK? I use a brand called Elmea but it says it is an alternate to cream.would it b ok to use in tiramisu?
Hiya i just wNted to know how many ppl will this receipe serve
Rough estimate, around 12 people.
Salam the lady fingers are also known as trifle finger sponges ( eg used in trifles) and can be found in most supermarkets, hope this helps x
hello i found only ladyfinger biscits.and philadelphia spreadable cheese can i use it
Spreadable is not the same as the thick cream cheese which is used for such recipes. It will give thinner results and is normally a tad too salty. You can try with it if you like. :)
thanks fauzia. i found saudia cream cheese but mine was still thin. although it taste realy great. what should i do to improve.
Try adding a tbsp of cornflour when whipping the cream, it will help stiffen it slightly.