A rich but yummy dessert.
Ingredients
- strong brewed coffee: 1 cup
- milk: 0.25 cup
- white sugar: 0.25 cup (divided)
- rum: 3 Tbsp (divided)
- ladyfingers: 36 piece
- egg yolks: 2 piece
- ounces mascarpone cheese: 9 piece
- egg whites: 2 piece
- unsweetened cocoa powder: 0.125 tsp
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Stages of cooking
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Mix coffee, milk, 2 tablespoons sugar, and 2 tablespoons rum together in a bowl. Soak lady fingers in the coffee mixture. Layer 1/2 of the soaked ladyfingers in the bottom of a 9x13 inch pan.
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Beat egg yolks and 2 tablespoons sugar together in a bowl; add mascarpone cheese and 1 tablespoon of rum and mix well.
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Beat egg whites in a bowl using an electric mixer until stiff peaks form; fold into mascarpone cheese mixture. Spread 1/2 of mixture over soaked lady fingers; cover with second 1/2 of soaked lady fingers and cover evenly with remaining mascarpone cheese mixture. Sprinkle top with cocoa powder. Refrigerate at least 3 hours.
