Making a popular dessert is a sure
thing to get peoples' approval in the food department. But if you have a touch
of creativity, you are encouraged to experiment with little twist. Like this
Tiramisu Cheesecake. Extra delicious and friends extra impressed. Here is what
you'll have to do if you want the same great result.
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a quarter of a cup butter (melted);
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one and a half cups of gingersnap cookie crumb;
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a couple tablespoons of gelatin;
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two thirds of a cup of sugar;
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two cups of heavy cream;
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four large egg (yolks);
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a quarter of a cup of cocoa powder;
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half a cup of Espresso;
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half a kilo of Mascarpone cheese;
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half a teaspoon of salt;
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a dozen lady fingers;
Every cake should begin with
preparing the utensils and other tools you will be using. For instance, take an
8-inch spring form pan, grease and line it, on bottom and sides, with some
baking paper. Also make sure you turn the oven at 350 degrees Fahrenheit and
leave it to preheat until you make the actual cake. Start making the crust. Do
this by stirring the butter with cookie crumb in a bowl and with a fork. When
completed, press it on the bottom of the pan and put in the oven for 15
minutes. Leave it to cool while you work on the filling. Take a quarter of a
cup of cream and sprinkle gelatin over it allowing it to stand for the next 5
minutes. Use the remaining cream for later, but beat it until you obtain stiff
peaks beforehand and store in the fridge.
Mix together the eggs with salt and
sugar in a bowl over a simmering water filled pot. You will not stop until the
sugar is gone, dissolved into the mixture. Take out of the pot and away from
the oven. Blend with the gelatin substance from earlier. Meanwhile, make the
Mascarpone fluffy; some 5 minutes with a medium speed mixer should take care of
that. Add the egg and gelatin from before while you still mix (but maybe you
should slow the speed down a bit for this step). Do the same with a quarter of
a cup of espresso and later on the whipped cream. Take this filling and spread
half of it on the crust. The remaining espresso will be used for soaking each
lady finger. Afterward, the latter ones should be put over the cheese filling
and covered with the rest of the mixture. Use a simple spatula to level the
surface before covering the cake with a plastic wrap. Put to freeze for the
night and sift cocoa powder over it for serving.