| Level: | Easy |
| Total: | 35 min |
| Active: | 30 min |
| Yield: | 4 individual trifle dishes |
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup half-and-half
- 1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1/4 cup sweetened condensed milk
- 1/4 cup evaporated milk
- 1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 1/4 cup coffee liqueur
- 1 cup whipping cream, chilled
- 1/3 cup powdered sugar
- 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup mascarpone cheese, at room temperature
- 24 soft ladyfingers
- 1 fresh mango, peeled, seeded and cut into 1/2-inch pieces
- 1 pint fresh raspberries
Instructions
- For the spicy chocolate tres leches: In a small saucepan, whisk together the half-and-half, unsweetened cocoa powder, sweetened condensed milk, evaporated milk and cayenne pepper. Bring to a simmer over medium heat. Simmer for 2 minutes. Remove the pan from the heat and whisk in the coffee liqueur. Cool before using.
- For the whipped cream: Pour the cream into a medium bowl. Using an electric hand mixer, beat the cream until soft peaks form, 2 to 3 minutes. Add the powdered sugar, cinnamon, vanilla and mascarpone. Mix until well combined.
- Dip the ladyfingers in the chocolate tres leches. Place 2 to 3 ladyfingers in the bottom of each trifle dish. Top with 1 tablespoon of the chocolate tres leches. Top with 2 tablespoons of the whipped cream mixture, and then a few pieces of mango and raspberries. Repeat the layers and garnish the top of each trifle with fruit pieces. Chill until ready to serve.
Nutrition Facts
| Serving Size | 1 of 4 servings |
| Calories | 842 |
| Total Fat | 42 g |
| Saturated Fat | 24 g |
| Carbohydrates | 101 g |
| Dietary Fiber | 10 g |
| Sugar | 48 g |
| Protein | 17 g |
| Cholesterol | 266 mg |
| Sodium | 280 mg |
Reviews
Its good, but the chocolate sauce is very strong. Less liquor & coco would have helped. The whipped cream & fruit were delicious.
I almost didn’t add cocoa powder to the tres leches as I am not a huge chocolate fan and usually tres leches aren’t chocolate flavored. I am glad I made it according to recipe- the chocolate and cayenne work very well! This is an interesting twist to tiramisu and it’s good. It is rich.
This is a great dessert. I’ve made it several times for company and everybody asks for the recipe. It’s hard to find ladyfingers, so I use vanilla wafers. It’s important NOT to assemble this in advance, or the cookies will turn to mush. I also double the amount of mango – it’s the most important part of the recipe. I top the dessert with broken cookies.
I think it’s fantastic tried it for Mother’s Day and she loved it
This was a big hit at our Mother’s Day meal! I made it into a cake instead of the four cups like Giada. I had to add more lady fingers to do this. Also crushed up some heath toffee chocolates and put them on top of the cake. I didn’t have cayenne pepper, so I used a little bit of crushed red pepper and that worked perfectly.
Tastes great but would add about 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon not 1 1/2 teaspoons. The Tres Leches worked for me. Sorry DinnerDiva.
I saw the show today and decided to make the Tiramisu for dessert as my hubby and I both thought it looked awesome – and I had some of the ingredients. Could not find soft (or hard ladyfingers or mascarpone cheese at my local Winn-Dixie so I bought madelaines and Philadelphia Indulgence White Chocolate and Cinnamon. The whipped cream/cheese filling came out nicely but the Tres Leches with Chocolate came out runny and never thickened up. The Mango I had was not good inside so I tossed it and just used raspberries. The whole thing was kind of a soupy mix and nothing like Tiramisu. I was very disappointed. I’d have rated it a one or two stars but it did taste good and hubby really liked it. I followed the Tres Leches Chocolate mixture as directed and because it was so soupy it just didn’t seem at all like tiramisu which I have made many times. Sorry but I won’t be making this one again – too expensive to be just a so-so dessert.
Made this tonight for our Cinco De Mayo Fiesta, delicious! Everyone loved it. I made a few changes: I made my tres leches thinner and dipped crunchy lady fingers into it. Worked perfectly. Served warm espresso cups of the left over chocolate tres leche. Delicious!