Me and my husband LOVE tiramisu. We usually get it at our fav. restaurant Spezia!! If you have not been. Go. End of story. Lol! Anyways so I figured I would try to make it at home sometime. But I have looked up the recipe many times and never been able to find the lady fingers. Because they do not sell them at walmart. And when I am other places I just usually forget to look because it is not on the top of my head/list. So the other day when I was perusing the isles at Aldi ( my #1 favorite store if you havent shopped there I encourage you to go there also) Anyways I happened upon lady fingers :D Alas I had found the coveted lady fingers I quickly wandered over to the cheese section and picked up a tub of ricotta. And later when I was unpacking all the bags on my dining room table I realized that my mind was playing tricks on me. There is no Ricotta in Tiramisu. I was thinking of a completely different dessert. CRUD!! I looked on the back of the lady fingers pack and saw that I actually needed mascarpone cheese. :( This is another thing that they do not sell at Wal-mart. So I looked up a different recipe and this is what I found. On the Food Network Website.

Tiramisu

Ingredients

 

• 1 cup heavy cream
• 3/4 cup sugar, divided
• 1 (8-ounce) package cream cheese, at room temperature
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 (7-ounce) package ladyfingers
• 1 cup strong black coffee
• 1 teaspoon cocoa powder( I also grabbed a Hershey's Dark Chocolate bar and grated and did Chocolate ribbons)

Directions

Have 4 (8-ounce) wine glasses ready.( I did this all in a 8 by 8 baking dish instead of the wine glasses although it would have been a pretty presentation it would not have been very kid friendly)

In a chilled bowl combine 3/4 cup of heavy cream and 1/4 cup sugar. Whip with a hand mixer until soft peaks form. Cover and refrigerate until ready to use.

In a large bowl combine the cream cheese, 1/4 cup heavy cream, vanilla and the remaining 1/2 cup of sugar. Whip with a hand mixer until light until fluffy.

Reserve 4 ladyfingers for garnish. Using1 lady finger at a time, snap or cut in half, then dip it quickly into the coffee, and drop it into the bottom of a wine glass. Repeat with the other 3 glasses. Put a heaping tablespoon of the cream cheese mixture on top of the ladyfingers in each glad. Do another layer of ladyfingers dipped in coffee, another of the cream cheese mixture, then 1 more layer of ladyfingers. Top with remaining filling and dollop with the whipped cream. Break the reserved 4 ladyfingers in half and insert 2 halves into the top of each glass.

Put the cocoa powder into a small sieve( I just sprinkled it with a spoon maybe not as pretty but it does the trick) and tap it gently over each glass to dust the tops. Refrigerate for at least 1 hour before serving.

Rating- 4 out of 5 

Look- very nice would have looked even nicer if I did follow the directions and put in a wine glass

Difficulty- Very easy

Review- I loved the overall taste of this dish and it was really close to the tiramisu we normally get when out. The only problem I had was with the lady fingers. They soaked up too much coffee and we actually soggy. I would recommend maybe using pound cake. Also maybe instead of dipping the pound cake in coffee put a decent amount of the coffee directly into your whip cream. Maybe a shot of really dark espresso Chilled in the freezer would be best :D

Let me know what you do with this dessert to make it better. Or anything you would like to see me make and give you my opinions on. I will be making all crock-pot recipes this week for my cousin who requested something that she can easily do as a mom of 2 with a full-time job. So stayed tuned :D