Easy Tiramisu Recipe

Ladyfingers Soaked in Kahlua with Sweet Brandy Cream Cheese Filling

Feb 20, 2008 Donna Diegel

Ladyfingers soaked in Kahlua, layered with sweet brandy whipped cream and cream cheese filling. This Easy Kahlua Tiramisu is dusted with cocoa for a delicious finale!

Easy Tiramisu

Traditional tiramisu is made with mascarpone cheese, delicate homemade sponge cake and espresso. Finding these ingredients or making them at home is more costly and takes precious time. This Easy Tiramisu is made with readily available ingredients such as store-bought ladyfingers, cream cheese, whipping cream and instant coffee. This awesome Kahlua Tiramisu is so easy and delicious, your friends will be asking for the recipe!

Kahlua

Kahlua is a sweet, thick coffee flavored liqueur made in Mexico. It is a very versatile liqueur and can be used in many desserts like Tiramisu, Kahlua Oreo Cheesecake and Kahlua Brownies. Bartenders use it to make some pretty interesting drinks like Sombreros, Black and White Russians, B-52, Toasted Almond, Mud Slide, Screaming Orgasm and Kahlua Cockroach.

Easy Kahlua Tiramisu Recipe:

1 pound cream cheese, softened (2 ~ 8 ounce packages)
2 cups sugar
1/4 cup milk
1 Tbsp vanilla
1/4 cup brandy
2 Tbsp instant coffee
1/2 cup room temperature water
1 1/2 cups Kahlua
1 quart heavy whipping cream (4 cups)
14 ounce package of ladyfingers, bakery fresh or store-bought
1/2 cup cocoa powder

Directions: How to Make Easy Tiramisu

Lightly spray 10 X 15 inch glass Pyrex baking dish with vegetable spray.
Count the ladyfingers and divide in half.
Spoon cocoa powder into a sugar shaker, or when ready, use a small strainer or sieve.
Using beater attachment of a high-speed mixer, beat softened cream cheese and sugar on medium to high speed until smooth and creamy. Add milk, vanilla and brandy. Beat again until fluffy. Transfer to large mixing bowl and set aside.
In a small bowl, dissolve instant coffee in room temperature water. Add Kahlua, stir and set aside.
Whip heavy whipping cream on high speed until stiff. Fold whipped cream into cream cheese mixture with spatula and blend well.
Set up your workspace like an assembly line. Ladyfingers, Kahlua & coffee, 10 X 15 inch pan, cream cheese mixture and cocoa.
One at a time, quickly dip only the bottoms of the ladyfingers into Kahlua. Place the soaked side down and line the entire bottom of the pan with ladyfingers. The ladyfingers soak up the Kahlua very quickly, so be careful not to dip them too long. Just the bottom half should be dipped in Kahlua.
Spread half the cream cheese over the ladyfingers using an off-set spatula or plastic spatula.
Sprinkle or dust with 1/4 cup cocoa.
Repeat with the rest of the ladyfingers in Kahlua and place on top of the cream.
Spread the remaining cream cheese mix evenly on top.
Sprinkle remaining cocoa over the tiramisu.
Cover loosely with plastic wrap and chill for 6 hours or overnight. You may need to use a few toothpicks to keep the plastic from sticking to the tiramisu.
Use a sharp, thin knife to cut into pieces.
Refrigerate any leftovers.
Serves 15.

Variations:

Too much? Divide the recipe in half and make in a 9 X 9 inch pan.
B-52: Substitute 1/2 cup Kahlua, 1/2 cup Bailey's Irish Cream, 1/2 cup Grand Marnier and 1 tsp instant coffee in water.
747: Substitute 1/2 cup Kahlua, 1/2 cup Amaretto, 1/2 cup Baily's Irish Cream and 1 Tbsp instant coffee in water.
Toasted Almond Tiramisu: Use half Amaretto and half Kahlua with 1 Tbsp instant coffee. Substitute 1 tsp almond and 2 tsp vanilla.

If you liked Kahlua Tiramisu, then you'll love Chocolate Kahlua Mousse Pie, Chocolate French Silk Pie and Chocolate Bread Pudding!

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