This is quite simple; when one has a steady hand in baking and desserts.

One thing though is the basic knowledge into beating egg whites into either soft/medium/stiff peaks. An electric mixer saved the day for us that day. :D

How Tiramisu is made [ingredients I used in mine are in square brackets [ ] ]:

Ingredients:
40-50 Lady Fingers, or Genoise [Home-Made] _{(I have used World Market's Ladyfingers, AJ's daily made cookie's before, same difference, just different soaking times)}
3-4 cups Espresso, or Whatever-Favorite-Coffee-Drink (cooled) [Some Folgers Roasted Blend]
Mascarpone Cheese (Specialty cheese, found in Trader Joe's or other specialty stores)
6 large eggs, Whites and Yolk seperated
1 cup of Sugar
Cocoa powder [Hershey's Unsweetened Cocoa]
Teaspoon of Brandy or Rum* *optional

1. Obtain, or make, Ladyfingers or Genoise cookies. Also have ready your Espresso/Coffee made and cooled to room temperature.

2. Separate the egg whites and yolks from all 6 eggs; next beat together the egg yolks with the cup of sugar, along with a teaspoon of Espresso or Coffee.

3. After beating the Egg Yolk mixture for 2-3 minutes, or until creamy, blend in the Mascarpone cheese for 4-5 minutes with the egg yolks. (*Add in your Brandy/Rum here).

4. Have ready a chilled metal bowl and chilled whisk, and whip the egg whites until they have stiff peaks. (20-30 minutes by hand, 10-20 minutes with electric mixer). Add a pinch of sugar.

5. Gently fold the whisked egg whites into Mascarpone mixture.

6. Now dip the Ladyfinger or Genoise cookies into remaining Espresso/Coffee mixture. Lay the cookies side by side into a deep dish, or dessert dish.

7. After there is a single layer of dipped cookies in the dish, sprinkle lightly with cocoa powder, then add half of the Mascarpone mixture on top of the cookies and glaze over until it neatly covers all the cookies.

8. Repeat with another dipped cookie layer, dust with cocoa powder, and finally add the rest of the Mascarpone mixture on top.

9. Dust cocoa powder on top; one may use either stencils or a doily to make an intricate design on top (optional).

10. Place the tiramisu into the refrigerator for a minimum 1 hour; 24 hours preferable, before eating.

11. Enjoy.

*Optional

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I and my brother  teknopathetic made lady fingers beforehand, and he also helped prepare the mascarpone mixture.

But I did all the other work and preparation. A collaboration of some porportion. And it's a lovely dessert as well, even our dad likes it.

So hope you all enjoy making one for yourself, as I and my brother :technopathetic: have. Until next time.

Sb