Start with combining hot water and instant coffee, mix well with a spoon and set aside.
2 tbsp instant coffee, 2 cups water
In a double boiler or small sauce pan, bring water to a boil and reduce the heat to simmer. Add in a large glass bowl egg yolks and sugar. Mix with electric mixer over the simmering water for 10 minutes.
6 egg yolks, 1 1/2 cup sugar
Remove the bowl with the eggs from the heat and mix in spoon by spoon mascarpone cheese and mix until well combined. At this point, you can also add the Irish cream liqueur, but it's optional. Let it cool on the side.
12 oz. mascarpone, 2 tbs Irish cream
In another large bowl, whip the whipping cream until it holds stiff peaks. Once the yolk-mascarpone mixture has cooled to room temperature, gently fold in half of the whipped cream. Then fold in the remaining half of the whipped cream, just until fully incorporated.
1 1/2 cup whipped cream
Prepare a rectangular dish 9 x 12 inch and start dipping each ladyfinger into the coffee. Place them inside the baking dish to fill the whole bottom of the dish. To fit well the rectangular dish, you might have to break a few biscuits to fit them in. Spread the half of the mascarpone cream over the lady fingers and with offset spatula on the top of the cream to even the layer or the cream.
2 tbsp instant coffee, 1 14-oz pkg Italian lady fingers, 2 cups water
Dip the remaining ladyfingers into the coffee and place them on the mascarpone cream to create another layer. Take a 1/3 of the remaining mascarpone cream and cover the lady fingers with the cream. (It doesn't have to be fully covered, because we will dollop the remaining mascarpone cream on top).
2 cups water, 2 tbsp instant coffee, 1 14-oz pkg Italian lady fingers
Take the leftover of mascarpone cream and place it in a piping bag with round tip. Pipe the bloops on the top of the tiramisu. Dust with half of the cocoa powder and cover gently with plastic food wrap and place it into the refrigerator for at least 4 hours, best overnight.
powdered cocoa for decoration
When ready to serve, dust with the leftover cocoa powder. Enhoy!
powdered cocoa for decoration