Yum for those other recipes that I'm now going to put in my recipe book and try sometime soon. Here's one of my favorites because it's very good, can be made a day or two ahead of time, and is relatively easy to make (no cooking). The hardest thing is to find the lady fingers (which are soft lady fingers -- when I find them I buy several packages and freeze them). It's a good dessert for using beautiful see-through bowls:
TIRAMISU
Serves 16
1 16-ounce container mascarpone cheese*
? cup confectioners sugar
3 tablespoons coffee-flavored liquor
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
? teaspoon salt
3 squares semisweet chocolate, coarsely grated
1 ? cups heavy or whipping cream
2 3-to-4 ? ounce packages lady fingers
Lady Finger Dip:
1/3 cup coffee-flavored liquor or rum (You can probably use any kind of liquor you like - if kids are going to eat the dessert, I make one tiramisu with liquor and one without)
2 teaspoons instant espresso-coffee powder (I sometimes use decaf if kids are going to eat the dessert)
? teaspoon vanilla extract
2 tablespoons water
Topping:
1 ? cups heavy or whipping cream
2 teaspoon confectioners sugar
1. In a large bowl, with wire whisk or fork, beat mascarpone, ? cup confectioners sugar, 3 tablespoons coffee flavored liquor, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract, two-thirds of the grated chocolate, and ? teaspoon salt. Set aside remaining chocolate for top of dessert.
2. In a small bowl, with mixer at medium speed, beat 1 cup heavy or whipping cream until soft peaks form. With rubber spatula or wire whisk, fold whipped cream into cheese mixture.
3. In a small bowl, stir 2 teaspoons instant espresso powder, 1/3 cup coffee flavored liquor, ? teaspoon vanilla extract, and 2 tablespoons water.
4. Separate ladyfingers into halves. Line a 10-cup glass or crystal bowl with one-fourth of the ladyfingers; brush with two tablespoons of espresso mixture (or I dip them into the mixture before putting them in the bowl). Spoon one-third of the cheese mixture over ladyfingers. Repeat with ladyfingers, espresso mixture, and cheese mixture to make two more layers. Top with remaining ladyfingers, gently pressing ladyfingers into cheese mixture. Brush ladyfingers with remaining grated chocolate over top of dessert, reserving 1 tablespoon for garnish.
5. In a small bowl, with mixture at medium speed, beat remaining ? cup heavy or whipping cream and 2 tablespoons confectioners sugar until soft peaks form. Spoon whipped cream mixture into decorating bag with large star tube. Pipe large rosettes on top of dessert. (I don't do the rosettes, I just spread the whipped cream on top). Sprinkle reserved grated chocolate on rosettes. Cover dessert and refrigerate at least two hours to chill and blend flavors.
*If mascarpone cheese is not available, substitute two 8-ounce packages cream cheese, softened, and in step 1, in large bowl, with mixture at medium speed, beat cream cheese and 3 tablespoons milk until smooth and fluffly. Increase confectioners sugar to 2/3 cup and beat in with coffee-flavored liquor and vanilla extract. Stir in grated chocolate. Delete salt.
I was thinking that perhaps my tangent as well as my sense of humor were out of line here. Besides, since I don't know how to "cut and paste" 
, it took me forever to type out my "recipe" 
