Tiramisu

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Cooking time: More than 1 hour

Cuisine: Italian

Serves: 8

Type: Readers

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By the kitchen of Birthday Girl

Ingredients

3/4 cup Baileys Irish Cream
1½ cup of strongly brewed espresso
500g mascarpone cheese
4 tablespoon of icing or superfine castor sugar
½ teaspoon of vanilla extract or essence
½ cup of lightly whipped cream
260g of savoiardi (thin sponge finger biscuits)
20g of cocoa powder

Preparation method

Combine ½ cup of the baileys irish cream and the expresso in a shallow dish. Set aside.

Mix the mascarpone, sugar, vanilla and the remaining Baileys irish cream, until it's well combined and smooth. Then fold in the lightly whipped cream until combined. Cover and refrigerate.

Dip half the sponge fingers biscuit into the coffee and irish cream mixture and place them in a single layer on the bottom of a 2 litre ceramic dish.

Spread half the mascarpone mixture over the biscuits and dust with cocoa powder. Dip the remaining biscuits in the coffee and Irish cream mixture. Then lay it on top. Then spread the remaing mascapone mixture on top of the biscuits. Dust with cocoa powder and refrigerate. For best results refrigerate for at least 5 hours.

Decorate with whipped cream, strawberries and wafer biscuits. With any remaining coffee and irish cream mixture, add it to a glass full of ice.

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