Layered Coffee Cream
By: Helen Pitlick
Published: Friday, December 10, 2010 - 1:02am

Ingredients




250 grams cream cheese
4 eggs
1/4 cup caster sugar
1/2 cup sour cream
2 teaspoons vanilla essence
1 tablespoon coffee powder
1 tablespoon caster sugar
2 cups hot water
200 grams packet Lady Finger Biscuits

Preparation

1 Carefully separate eggs. 2 Beat egg yolks and sugar together in a small bowl with electric mixer until pale and creamy. Add chopped cream cheese, sour cream and vanilla and beat until smooth; transfer to a large bowl. 3 Beat egg whites until soft peaks form and fold into cream cheese mixture. 4 Combine coffee, extra sugar and hot water in a bowl, stir until dissolved. Dip biscuits into coffee mixture, one at a time, and place a layer of biscuits into a serving dish. Pour half the cream cheese mixture over biscuits, top with another layer of biscuits dipped in coffee mixture; pour remaining cream cheese mixture over biscuits. Top with another layer of biscuits dipped in coffee mixture and refrigerate overnight. 5 Decorate with cream and grated chocolate and dust with sifted cocoa.