Tiramisu Anacapri

Amy Fidel
This is an easy, but elegant ending to our traditional New Year’s Eve dinner.

Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup cold water
  • 14 ounces fat-free sweetened condensed milk
  • 1 package vanilla instant pudding small
  • 8 ounces light cream cheese softened
  • 8 ounces Cool Whip LiteƆ
  • 1 cup hot water
  • 1/2 cup Kahlua
  • 1 tablespoon instant espresso OR
  • 2 tablespoons instant coffee granules
  • 24 ladyfinger cookies
  • 3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa divided

Instructions
 

  1. Combine first 3 ingredients in a large bowl; stir well with a whisk. Cover surface with plastic wrap; chill 30 minutes or until firm. Remove plastic wrap, and add cream cheese. Beat with a mixer at medium speed until well-blended. Gently fold in whipped topping. Combine hot water, Kahlua, and espresso or coffee. Split ladyfingers in half lengthwise. Arrange 16 ladyfinger halves, flat sides down, in a trifle bowl or large glass bowl. Drizzle with 1/2 cup Kahlua mixture. Spread one-third of pudding mixture evenly over ladyfingers; sprinkle with 1 tablespoon cocoa. Repeat layers, ending with cocoa. Cover and chill at least 8 hours.
  2. Source: “Adapted from Cooking Light Magazine”