Twinkie Tiramisu

[Scotty Da Q]

8 cream-filled sponge cakes (recommended: Twinkies)
1 cup espresso or strong coffee, unsweetened
1 1/2 cups heavy cream
1/3 cup sugar
2 (8 3/4-ounce) packages mascarpone cheese, at room temperature
Yellow food coloring
10 vanilla wafers

Cut the sponge cakes in half lengthwise and fit the bottom halves into a 7 by 11-inch pan. Drizzle half the coffee over them.

Whip the cream to soft peaks and sweeten it with the sugar. Whisk the mascarpone cheese a bit to loosen it and fold in the whipped cream. Pour half of this mixture over the sponge cakes and spread it out evenly. Make another layer with the tops of the sponge cakes and drizzle them with the remaining coffee. Mix about 10 drops of food coloring into the remaining cream mixture, enough to make it the same yellow color as the sponge cakes. Spread this evenly over the sponge cakes. Coarsely crush the vanilla wafers and scatter them over the top. Cover and refrigerate for at least 2 hours before serving

[OSD]

That sounds good. Have you tried the deep-fried twinkies??

[TX Sandman]

Scotty, ya had me wonderin' there fer a bit. I caught a pice of a mornin' TV show once where they were discussin' a "white trash cookbook", can't remember the title but it was somethin' like that. They made a twinkie tiramisu with crushed twinkies, instant coffee, and chocolate syrup. Didn't sound appetizin' to me, but who knows. This one at least 'll look more like you actually cared about makin' it.

Thanks for posting!

[SteerCrazy]

who doesn't like twinkies? this looks awesome

[Scotty Da Q]

I tried it last year... It was really good !