Tiramisu

Since my first tiramisu was finished already, today my daughter ask me to make another batch.

For efficiency here I use plastic cup rather than springform cake ring, it's easy and fast for beginners.

What is tiramisu? click here for detail : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiramisu.

Here's the recipe,

Ingredients :

Cream :

• 4 egg yolks
• 100 gram caster sugar
• 60 cc kahlua
• 250 gram mascarpone cheese
• 350 gram fresh cream
• 5 tablespoon hot water
• 1 1/4 tablespoon gelatin powder

Coffee syrup :

• 2 pack instant coffee (3 in 1, coffee, sugar and cream)
• 200 ml hot water

Lady fingers (made one day ahead or you can buy at supermarket), click here for the recipe

Cocoa powder

Plastic cup about 8 pcs or square or rectangle Pyrex glassware

Directions :

1. Mix hot water and gelatin, let it cool,
2. mix all coffee syrup ingredients, let it cool,
3. whipped fresh cream, leave it in refrigerator for later use,
4. using double boiling with shimmering water, beat egg yolks and caster sugar until thick and pale,set aside
5. using another bowl beat mascarpone cheese until soft, add egg yolks, kahlua, gelatin mix well, then add whipped fresh cream, put into piping bag for easy decorating,
6. pipe the cream into the cup (about 1/2 cup) put lady fingers (about 1 to 2 pcs)that already soak into coffee syrup, pipe more cream until the cup full,
7. decorate with cocoa powder dust.

Notes :

• If you don't like the alcohol, you can skip the kahlua.
• Remember to soak the lady fingers into the coffee syrup until soft.