Tags · Chocolate
Recipes: Tiramisu
Tuesday, December 1st, 2009
Ingredients
1 (8 oz.) Package cream cheese, softened
1/4 c. Heavy cream
2 Tbsp. Butter, softened
1/4 c. Sugar
2 Tbsp. Amaretto
1 c. heavy cream or whipping cream
1 pk. (24 pieces) Italian Ladyfingers
1-1/4 c. Strong Coffee, room temperature; separated
1/4 c. Semi-sweet chocolate, grated
Directions
In a large bowl, whisk together cream cheese, 1/4 c. heavy cream, butter, sugar, amaretto, and 1/4 c. coffee until smooth. In a small bowl, whip the cream until soft peaks form; fold into cream cheese mixture. Pour 1 cup of coffee in a small cereal bowl. Dip both sides of ladyfingers into coffee; arrange in a single layer on bottom of 8-inch square pan. Spread half the cream cheese mixture over the ladyfingers. Dip the remaining ladyfingers in the espresso and arrange on top of cream cheese layer; pour in remaining coffee from the bowl evenly over the top. Top with remaining cream cheese mixture; sprinkle with chocolate. Cover and chill for several hours, or overnight, before serving.
Comments
For the chocolate, I use chocolate chips and put them in a food processor; this makes it almost a powder, which I think is a good consistency for the topping. This is a relatively simple recipe, but it’s one of my favorite desserts.
Pick One: Coffee or Chocolate
Thursday, October 22nd, 2009If you had to pick, would you choose coffee or chocolate? I know they’re delicious together, but what if you could only have one? I’d easily take the coffee, but it looks like Kraft Foods is leaning towards the chocolate. Kraft is negotiating with Sara Lee Corporation to sell off its Maxwell House Coffee brand. The proceeds of the sale would help Kraft increase its $16 billion offer to buy Cadbury, the bid having been previously rejected by the company.
The New York Post reported, “under British Takeover law, Kraft has until Nov. 9 to make a new formal proposal — or back off for at least six months.” November 9 isn’t that far away, so this may be a negative thing for Kraft Foods, despite their confidence to raise the funds. For the public, that may mean we’ll be able to find out what’s going to happen with Maxwell House and Cadbury sooner. I don’t drink Maxwell House Coffee very often, but I do like it. On the Cadbury side, those Cream Eggs are amazing; rich, but amazing. I wish I could find them year-round and not just around Easter.
Source:
- New York Post. Read the full article, “Bittersweet decision. Kraft CEO faces tough decision on Cadbury.”