My beautiful and talented friend Lindsey made a yummy tiramisu for a Memorial Day cookout last weekend. She told me how easy it was to make, but I didn't believe her. See, Lindsey is one of those ridiculously talented crafty types who thinks it's "easy" to create and sew a brand new outfit on a whim. I didn't believe her when she told me it was easy. Well, fast forward to this past Friday when my church's youth minister asked me for a dessert idea for the graduation party. They were serving Italian from a local restaurant, so I figured tiramisu would be the perfect dessert to go along with the meal. I told him I'd make it, and Lindsey sent me the recipe she used. Click HERE to check out the original recipe. Well, remember how I told you that my psyche just would not allow me to use a recipe unaltered? This is no exception. I've looked into it, and various sites differ on whether I can call the updated recipe "mine." I altered the amounts on almost every ingredient and even added some, but the "secret" ingredient is completely from the original recipe, so I feel most comfortable if I give her the credit she is due.
That being said, I'd love to share my version with you. I really think I nailed it. My picky husband even really likes it, and he's not one who compliments just to compliment. As yummy as it is, you should know that it is nowhere near a traditional tiramisu, but that's why I like it. It doesn't have raw eggs or expensive mascarpone cheese, but it still has amazing flavor. Here ya go:
Deliciously Simple Tiramisu
Syrup ingredients:
1 cup STRONG brewed coffee, cooled to room temperature
1/2 cup REAL maple syrup (I use grade B amber syrup because it has a very strong flavor)
Tiramisu Ingredients:
1 pkg Lady Fingers cookies (approx 24 cookies)
1 tsp nutmeg
1 tsp cinnamon
1 8-oz pkg cream cheese, softened
1 cup sour cream
1/2 cup real maple syrup
1 8-oz pkg Extra Creamy Cool Whip
1 tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder (for dusting)
1/2 tsp nutmeg (for dusting)
Directions:
Line the bottom of a large lasagna pan with lady fingers.
Sprinkle the cookies with the 1 tsp nutmeg and 1 tsp cinnamon.
In a measuring cup, combine the 1 cup of coffee and 1/2 cup of real maple syrup. Carefully pour syrup mixture over lady fingers, making sure to coat each one.
In a medium sized bowl, beat cream cheese, 1/2 cup real maple syrup, and sour cream with an electric beater (or mix in food processor) until creamy. Fold in the Cool Whip until well mixed.
Carefully spread the Cool Whip mixture over the lady fingers. It's easiest if you "plop" little amounts of the mix all over the cookies and then spread it all out.
Refrigerate dish for at least 1 hour. The longer it is in the fridge, the longer the flavors have to get absorbed into the cookies.
Sprinkle with 1 tbsp cocoa powder and 1/2 tsp nutmeg right before serving. An easy way to do this is to put the cocoa powder into a small sieve and tap it against your hand over the dish.
And there you have it! Truly easy (every recipe I give you is!) and truly yummy. I hope you try it!
Here's a little about my day:
Frustrating: I did something really stupid. Lynnie had fallen asleep in her booster chair while she was eating lunch. That has NEVER happened before. Her little head kept nodding up and down because she didn't have anything to rest it on. I thought she looked uncomfortable, so I decided to try to move her to the recliner. Well, of course she woke up immediately and didn't go back to sleep until we went to get Bryant from school at around 2:00. She even stayed asleep the entire time I was in Publix picking up a few last minute tiramisu ingredients. I carried her around, bought my items, and got her back in the car seat without her waking up. Go figure!
Awesome: I am constantly amazed at how Lynnie is growing. She is starting to put words together to form simple sentences, and she really seems to understand different personalities and concepts. She'll say "Brother silly" if Bry is making faces at her or "Mickey Mouse sad" if Mickey Mouse is acting sad on Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. It's really incredible. She was also really good during Bryant's awards ceremony at school AND during produce packing, even though the produce truck was nearly 2 hours late. She should have been really beastly, but she was awesome. And that brings me to another really awesome part of my day - Bry's awards ceremony! It was for the 4th nine weeks awards AND the end of the year awards. He received every award he could, except the perfect attendance award. He IS my kid, after all. :-) I'm so proud of him. He's so so so smart and so sweet. He received a certificate for having all Es in citizenship for the entire year, for exceeding his book goal for the year, and for having all Es for the entire year. I thought my heart would burst out of my chest every time his teacher called his name!
The day ended with Bry's t-ball team winning another tournament game tonight. All of the kids had a lot of playing time and played really well AND behaved incredibly well in the dugout. And Mike's parents and sister were able to join us. They took care of Lynnie for us so Mike and I could work in the dugout. The day couldn't have ended any better, for sure!
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