" Light" Tiramisu

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 5 tablespoons kahlua or 5 tablespoons other coffee-flavored liqueur
• 5 tablespoons sugar, divided
• 2 tablespoons water
• 4 teaspoons instant espresso powder
• 6 tablespoons fat-free hazelnut-flavored nondairy liquid coffee creamer
• 8 ounces light cream cheese, softened
• 1 1/2 cups frozen reduced-calorie whipped topping, thawed
• 13 5/8 ounces fat-free pound cake, cut into 16 slices
• unsweetened cocoa (optional) or chocolate shavings (optional)

Recipe

• 1 combine liqueur, 1 t sugar, water, and espresso powder, stirring until sugar and espresso powder dissolve.
• 2 sometimes a particular make of espresso powder is harder to dissolve so i usually dissolve that in very warm water before adding the other ingredients.
• 3 spoon 2 t mixture into a medium bowl; set remaining mixture aside.
• 4 add remaining sugar and creamer to 2 t liqueur mixture in bowl, stirring until sugar dissolves.
• 5 add cream cheese; beat at medium speed of an electric mixer until smooth.
• 6 fold in whipped topping.
• 7 place a cake slice in each of 8 wine glasses or 8 (4 oz) custard cups.
• 8 brush cake generously with half of the reserved liqueur mixture.
• 9 spread cheese mixture evenly over cake.
• 10 top with remaining 8 cake slices.
• 11 gently press slices into glasses.
• 12 brush cake with remaining liqueur mixture.
• 13 sprinkle evenly with cocoa or shaved chocolate if desired.
• 14 if i am not having company or am in a hurry i just layer the cake and liqueur in a large glass bowl and then cut individual pieces for each person.
• 15 it ends up looking like a four tiered dessert that way.
• 16 i have also cut very small pieces from the cake in the big bowl and then layered those into a wine glass.