Ingredients

The following ingredients have 10 Servings
  • 300 g chocolate pound or loaf cake (store-bought or home-made)
  • 4 158 g -containers instant chocolate pudding snack
  • 1½ cups mascarpone cheese
  • 540 ml -can cherry pie filling
  • 48 lady fingers ((400 g package))
  • 3/4 cup brewed vanilla flavoured coffee (cooled, regular coffee and 1 tsp vanilla can be substituted)
  • 4 tbsp Kahlua
  • 2 1/2 cups real whipping cream (35%)/heavy cream (*do NOT use whipped cream in the spray can)
  • 2 tbsp white granulated sugar
  • cocoa (about 2 tsp)
  • 10 Maraschino cherries (optional)

Instruction

  • Mix cooled brewed coffee and Kahlua together. 
  • Pour ½ of the coffee mixture on the bottom of 9X13 inch baking pan. Place lady fingers in coffee and Kahlua mixture and turn once
  • Break up cake and place evenly over soaked biscuits. In a separate bowl, mix pudding with mascarpone cheese.
  • Spread creamy mascarpone pudding mixture over cake. Pour remaining coffee Kahlua mixture into shallow bowl. Dip each lady finger and turn once.
  • Place soaked lady fingers over pudding mixture. Spread cherries evenly over lady fingers. 
  • Beat whipping cream to soft peaks, then add white granulated sugar and continue beating to stiff peaks. The whipping cream should double in volume (approximately).
  • Top dessert with whipped cream and spread evenly.