Tiramisu Tower

This strictly isn't a tiramisu the famous Italian dessert but is based on it with its coffee flavour and Italian biscuits. I must confess to not being a fan of the traditional tiramisu but love the flavours it is made up of and here I use these to make a very quick but delicious and impressive dessert.

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6 Portions

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Prep: 15 minutes

Ingredients

Tiramisu Tower

42 Italian sponge biscuits
120g strong coffee
120g coffee liquor e.g. Tia Maria
240g mascarpone
120g double cream
60g icing sugar
30g cocoa powder
100g continental plain chocolate (70% cocoa solids), shavings

Method

Preperation: Mix the coffee and coffee liquor together.
Place the cream and mascrapone into a bowl and sieve over the icing sugar and mix it in until well combined.
To Serve: Place 3 biscuits in a aquare into the centre of 6 plates. Stack 4 more biscuits along the lengths of each side. Drizzle 1 1/2 tablspoons of the coffee mixture over the biscuits. Top each serving with a couple of tablespoons of the mascrapone. Dust the mascrapone with the cocoa powder and spinkle over the chocolate shavings. Serve.