Tiramisu - Olive Garden
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- Ingredients:
- 6
- Serves:
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6
ingredients
- 1 (8 inch) sponge cakes
- 3 ounces strong black coffee or to taste instant espresso, Prepared
- 3 3 ounces rum or 3 ounces other liqueur
- 1 1⁄2 lbs cream cheese or 1 1/2 lbs mascarpone, at room temperature (Mascarpone is available at some Italian specialty food stores and some gourmet food stores.)
- 1 1⁄2 cups extra finely granulated sugar or 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
- to taste cocoa powder, Unsweetened
directions
- Cut across the middle of the sponge cake to form two disks, about 1"-1-1/2" thick, each.
- Blend the coffee or espresso and liqueur together.
- Sprinkle the bottom half of the cake with the coffee liqueur blend, enough to flavor it strongly, but don't saturate the cake so much that it will collapse.
- Mix the cream cheese or mascarpone with the sugar and beat the cheese until the sugar is completely dissolved and the cheese is light and spreadable.
- Spread the bottom half off the cake with half of the creamy cheese, in a fairly thick layer.
- Set the second half of the cake on the bottom half and repeat the process ~ sprinkle the coffee/liqueur blend and spread with the remaining cream cheese.
- Put the cocoa powder into a wire strainer and coat the top layer of cream cheese completely with cocoa.
- Refrigerate the cake for at least two hours before cutting and serving.
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i just wanted to add my comments, you shouldnt post something on here if you havent tried the recipe regardless of how you think it *sounds* it brings down the rating of other peoples recipes that might actually be quite good and scare others away from trying it. so try before you give a rating! -
This did not taste like Olive Garden's tiramisu. The cream cheese is too heavy and the coffee flavor isn't the same as theirs. It wasn't horrible, but it wasn't what I was looking for. I won't make it again. -
Oh please......................................i could not get past easting the rum and cake! i did'nt even know I liked Rum....yummmmmmmmmmthank you thank you thank you -
I have made this before and this recipe is absolutely incredible. I would recommend using the marscapone cheese if you can find it for the taste and texture. Remember not to soak the sponge cake too long in the liquid or you have a mess. Just a quick in and out dip.
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If you have ever eaten the tiramisu at the Olive Garden, you will know that they only use ladyfingers and not sponge cake. You should rename your recipe and take the name of "Olive Garden" out of it because this is nothing like the original; it's very misleading.
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I adore Olive Garden's Tiramisu, and was thrilled when I found this recipe! I would strongly advise people making this to use mascarpone and not cream cheese. I've had tiramisu made with cream cheese and it's way too heavy and the taste of cream cheese is much stronger. I made this according to the recipe with one exception. I only mixed in about an ounce and a half of brandy. Three ounces seemed way too much to me. I didn't want it to completely overpower the coffee, and even with just an ounce and a half, it was very strong. Olive Garden must mix something else in with the mascarpone cheese, because it's very light. This is more of a cannoli cream texture, but the taste was good. Not quite like Olive Garden, but still good. Next time I might try rum instead of brandy and see if it is a little less strong. Overall this is a nice recipe and it's simple to put together.
