Been cooking a few dishes recently since me and sean are really tired of eating out. So in the evenings, i would go Jusco to buy some raw stuff to cook. I tried Carbonara which turns out too watery. I also cooked Gingko Barley Foo Chuk (腐竹白果薏米) last sunday which turns out PERFECT!! hehe... :P
Today's dinner is Brocolli with Sweet Peas and Seafood and Spam... (Luncheon Meat or 午餐肉).

So while shopping for something to cook at Cold Storage the other day.. i decided to make Tiramisu. A simple and easy "pick me up"...

Ingredients are as the picture below.

Sounds easy eh? hehe... The preparation time is around 20 min if u have an electrice beater. Mascarpone Cheese and Lady Fingers can be found at Cold Storage. I don't see them in Jusco, Tesco, or Carre4 anyway...

Substitute for Mascarpone Cheese are Cream Cheese while substitute for Lady Fingers are Sponge Cake.

First, beat egg yolks and 2 tablespoon sugar in a bowl. slowly add in mascarpone cheese. Beat till stiff.
Beat egg whites with a pinch of salt in a separate bowl till soft peaks forms. Slowly fold egg whites into the Cheese mixture.

Prepare a strong cup of black coffee or you can ta pau some Espresso from Starbucks (around 5-6 shots with 5-6 shots of water). Pour the coffee into a flat plate. Dip lady fingers in the coffee and quickly arrange it into the container. Pour a layer of cheese evenly on top and then repeat by a layer of Lady fingers then cheese and so on till its done.

Sprinkle some cocoa powder on top to garnish.

Basically, i use 1 tablespoon of Nescafe Gold for every half cup of water. u can actually omit the sugar cuz lady fingers are sweet already. Cocoa powder can be omitted too. U can either serve it in a cup or cake pan.. Up to u.. i put it in a cake pan and used a spoon to eat.. lol...

If u were to use sponge cake.. just cut the sponge cake into an inch thick, deep into coffee, and do it layer by layer.

I use 20" cake pan and i can only do one layer of finger and one layer of cheese. The ingredients are expensive. The Mascarpone cheese is around RM20 and the Lady fingers are RM 7-8...

Lastly, the taste... well i would say its more cheesy and have a stronger coffee taste than those served in the cafe and cake shops. Some cake shops dont use lady fingers while some use a lot of "unidentified stuff" in the cheese mixture making it taste like NO CHEESE.

Plz search for another recipe if u were to use Cream Cheese to be safe. Tee Hee...