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CHOCOLATE TIRAMISÙ Ù
CHOCOLATE TIRAMIS

’ll never forget a cooking class I
SERVES: 20
attended 20 or more years ago PREPARATION TIME: 15 MINUTES
BAKING TIME: 32 TO 35 MINUTES
when our teacher, Nathalie
ASSEMBLY TIME: 5 MINUTES
Dupree, told twelve of us to make
chicken soup, all following the same
CAKE:
recipe. In 2 hours, we uncovered Vegetable oil spray for misting the pan

our pots and tasted 1 package (18.25 ounces) plain devil’s food
or German chocolate cake mix
the results.
1 ⁄4 cups water
1
Not one of 1 ⁄3 cup vegetable oil
the soups 3 large eggs
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
tasted or looked
the same! Nathalie explained that SYRUP:

this exercise was to illustrate that we 3 ⁄4 cup hot water
2 tablespoons instant coffee powder

all cook sub ectively, without think-
j
3 tablespoons granulated sugar
ing—blending, seasoning, and
1 ⁄4 cup Kahlúa or other coffee-flavored liqueur
chopping in our own way, so that in
TOPPING:
the end the recipe is all our own.
2 cups low-fat or nonfat vanilla yogurt
That’s how it goes with tiramisù.
2 packages (8 ounces each) cream cheese, at
Here are the ingredients and the pro- room temperature

portions I use. Now, go ahead and 1 ⁄4 cup confectioners’ sugar
1 teaspoon unsweetened or sweetened cocoa
make it your own. Enjoy!
powder (see “the Cake Mix Doctor says”)