Easy Quick Tiramisu Recipe for a simple and delicious dessert. Perfect for coffee lovers who also love a sweet treat.
Easy Tiramisu Recipe with Pound Cake
Shortcut Dessert recipes like this one are one of my favorite styles of desserts. When nights turn busy, you can always curl up with an easy-to-make dessert like this apple crisp dessert, chocolate strawberry shortcake, and crescent roll cherry danish.
This recipe might not be for the hard-core Tiramisu lovers. Instead of ladyfingers (I can never find them when I look at the grocery store) it has pound cake, instead of coffee liqueur it has brewed coffee and instead of mascarpone cheese, it uses cream cheese. It’s a great recipe when you can’t find those hard-to-find ingredients that I hope will satisfy the Tiramisu fans out there.
Are you ready to make this easy Tiramisu Recipe? Let’s make sure that you have all of the ingredients you need…
Ingredients:
You’ll Need: Serves 6 individual trifle containers
- 2 cups of brewed coffee – cooled
- 1 large box of instant vanilla pudding (5.1 oz.)
- 3 cups of cold milk
- 6 oz. of cream cheese – softened
- pound cake – cut and cubed, or if you are lucky enough to find them in your local grocer’s bakery – a package of ladyfingers – cut and cubed
- *I found individually wrapped pound cakes in the bread aisle of target – Entenmann’s pound cake minis
- 1 can of whipped topping
- miniature chocolate chips
- cocoa powder
How to make Shortcut Tiramisu
- In a large bowl, soak the pound cake, or ladyfingers in the brewed coffee
- While that soaks, in a large bowl mix the pudding mix, and milk
- Let that sit to a soft-serve – about 5 minutes
- Fold the cream cheese into the pudding mixture
Layer the trifle dishes with:
- Pound cake or ladyfingers
- pudding
- whipped cream
- chocolate chips
- repeat
- top off with a sprinkle of cocoa powder
- Cover and refrigerate for 8 hours or overnight
What is Tiramisu?
- Tiramisu is an Italian dessert with coffee or espresso, liquor, ladyfingers, whipped mixture, cocoa, and mascarpone cheese.
Does Tiramisu Contain Alcohol?
- tiramisu contains some form of alcohol. The traditional Italian recipe contains marsala wine, but there have been several variations like coffee liquor, rum, or amaretto liquor
Easy Quick Tiramisu Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 cups brewed coffee cooled
- 5 oz. instant vanilla pudding
- 3 cups cold milk
- 6 oz. cream cheese – softened
- pound cake cut and cubed or if you are lucky enough to find them in your local grocer's bakery – a package of ladyfingers – cut and cubed
- 13 oz. can of whipped topping
- 2 cups miniature chocolate chips
- ½ cup cocoa powder
Instructions
- In a large bowl, soak the pound cake, or ladyfingers in the brewed coffee
- While that soaks, in a large bowl mix the pudding mix, and milk
- Let that sit to a soft-serve – about 5 minutes
- Fold the cream cheese into the pudding mixture
Layer the trifle dishes with:
- Pound cake, or ladyfingers
- pudding
- whipped cream
- chocolate chips
- repeat
- top off with a sprinkle of cocoa powder
- Cover, and refrigerate for 8 hours, or overnight
Notes
- you can cover and refrigerate tiramisu for up to 4 days or freeze for up to 3 months
Nutrition
Adapted from Taste of Home – Find the original, and more at TasteofHome.com
~Melissa – KidFriendlyThingsToDo.com
