Coffee Dessert Recipes

These coffee dessert recipes are in my Italian cakes collection, and Italian cookies.

Athough most of them call for instant espresso powder - you can use strong brewed coffee. So don't panic or click away if you don't have it or can't find it. You don't have to use it (the instant espresso powder) - but boy, I am telling you it's a handy flavorful way to get a nice coffe flavor!

If you want the espresso pwoder you can find espresso powder in the more "uppity" grocery stores like Dean and De Luca. And maybe just maybe, you can hunt it down in your international section of your "normal" store. And here's another one - if you don't have one of those stores - I put a link to Amazon for the one I buy.

Now if you don't want to buy the powder - try this. Coffee. Plain ole coffee. The trick? Brew it super duper strong. I mean toe-curling strong.

Back in the 80's and 90's that's what I did. Matter of fact in the 1980's I didn't even have real coffee. I bought the gross instant stuff and made it strong.

So if you use instant coffee or real coffee - just make it overpowering strong. Any of these Italian cakes or Italian cookie recipes that call for the powder will turn out just fine with strong brew. Don't over analyze the measurements - just make it real strong. (No scientific calcualtors needed). I was just throwing out the espresso powder because it's worth purchasing if you see it.

If you don't see exactly what you are looking for - check out my home page Italian Dessert Recipes. All 190 recipes and photos are desserts and Italian drinks I have made for years.

Thank you for stopping by!

Lisa





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