Who Needs Starbucks?

Let me explain... I was having a cup of delicious coffee this morning and I thought: I have to share my find. I have a recipe for "cannoli cream" from Giada de Laurentiis cookbook. To be honest it is the only recipe I use with frequency from this cookbook. It to makes fruit extra appealing to my three year old. And now I have found it's deliciousness in coffee. The recipe is as follows:
1/3 cup ricotta cheese (I actually use whipped cream cheese)
2 tbsp and 1/3 cup whipping cream
3 tbsp powdered sugar
pinch of cinnamon
(and I add a dash of almond extract)


Stir cream cheese and 2 tbsp cream to blend in a good size bowl. Then add the rest of the whipping cream, powdered sugar, cinnamon and extract. Whip with a mixer until semi firm peaks form.


The picture above is actually from a different recipe. (There wasn't one for the cannoli cream). The result is more of a fluffy whipped topping rather than a pudding). And it looks gorgeous melting atop a warm cup of coffee. Starbucks can't do it justice. 
Give it a try. I suggest making the topping for fresh fruit and making extra, put it in tupperware and spoon it into your coffee for the next few mornings!