Quick & Easy Tiramisu

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 (12 ounce) box vanilla wafer cookies
• 8 ounces cream cheese
• 1 (8 ounce) container mascarpone cheese
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 tablespoons instant coffee crystals
• 5 eggs, separated
• 5 tablespoons sugar
• chocolate, to create shavings for topping

Recipe

• 1 separate 5 eggs.
• 2 -whip egg whites until they form hard peaks, set aside.
• 3 -whip egg yolks and sugar until mixture reaches a pale yellow color.
• 4 blend in cream cheese and marscapone into egg yolk and sugar mixture for 5 minutes.
• 5 add instant coffee crystals and continue to blend with mixture until crystals dissolve.
• 6 add egg whites into creamed mix.
• 7 line bottom of 8x8 or 9x9 pan with wafer cookies.
• 8 optional step - you may brush tops of cookies with coffee for added flavor. i tried and found it took some of crunch out of cookies.
• 9 spread layer of creamed mixture on top of cookies.
• 10 repeat layering until creamed mix is gone.
• 11 top of dessert should be cream layer.
• 12 use chocolate to make shavings or dust onto top of completed dessert.
• 13 you may refridgerate or freeze depending on preference.