Tiramisu

This is made a little different from normal because it doesn't use raw egg yolks but it works well for a single portion not needing to be refrigerated. It is just a good as what you might find at a restaurant. Tiramisu apparently means 'pick-me-up' in Italian and is presumably a reference to the caffeine in the coffee.

Ingredients

For 1 large or 2 small	Continued...
1 mug of strong coffee	1 tspn vanilla extract
120 ml double cream	1 tbspn spirit (optional - see note 1)
80 gm mascarpone	5 or 6 sponge fingers / lady fingers
2 tspn caster sugar	as required cocoa powder

Preparation - about 5 min

Make a mug of black coffee using 4 heaped tspn of coffee powder/granules and allow to cool.
Mix the cream. mascarpone, sugar, vanilla and optionally the spirit.
Soak sponge fingers, one at a time, in the coffee and place in the bottom of your desired serving glass/bowl (you may need to break them to fit) and continue until the bottom of the serving glass/bowl is covered, then drizzle a little more coffee over the sponge fingers.
Spread half of the cream mixture over the sponge layer.
Repeat the process with another layer of sponge fingers followed by cream.
Cover the top with a dusting of cocoa powder (a tea strainer is good for this).

Notes

(1) Rum (Captain Morgan's) is a good addition but it's your preference.

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