Non-traditional Tiramisu

Total Time: 4 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 4 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 16 ounces cream cheese, softened
• 3/4 cup powdered sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup strong black coffee, divided
• 12 ounces frozen whipped topping, thawed
• 48 vanilla wafers, divided
• cocoa powder (to garnish)

Recipe

• 1 beat the cream cheese, sugar, vanilla, and 1/4 cup of the coffee in a medium sized bowl with an electric mixer on medium speed, until mixture is creamy.
• 2 stir in the whipped topping, reserving 1/2 cup of topping for a garnish if desired (if not, add it all to the cream cheese).
• 3 place 24 vanilla wafers on the bottom of a 9-inch springform pan, cutting some wafers to cover the bottom of the pan as much as possible.
• 4 brush or drizzle the wafers with some of the remaining 1/4 cup of coffee.
• 5 spread half of the cream cheese mixture over the wafers and repeat layers, brushing wafers with coffee and ending with cream cheese mixture.
• 6 cover and refrigerate for 4 hours or overnight. garnish with cocoa powder and optional reserved whipped topping.