Tiramisu and an Apology

My loyal readers (reader?):

I must apologize for my lack of updating. Being on winter break has taken all of my motivation out of me. I am terrible. BUT I did decide to make tiramisu today! It's been a dream of mine for a while now. Giada De Laurentiis' Food Network site provided me with a nice, easy recipe to create the dessert of my dreams.

I start by separating the yolks of six eggs and placing them into a mixing bowl. I then add three tablespoons of sugar to the mix. Next, I mix the contents together with an electric whisk. After that, I pour in one pound of mascarpone (the Italian version of cream cheese). I then beat everything again with the electric whisk (that's a lot of beating, eh?). I then add a tablespoon of espresso grounds (instant, in my case) and stir it all together.

I then make two and a half cups of instant espresso and let it cool in the freezer for a few minutes (while I dance to Beyonce songs to make the time pass). I add that to two teaspoons of dark rum. Next, I dip one lady finger at a time into the espresso/rum, letting it soak for five seconds. I layer the bottom of a baking pan with the soaked lady fingers, then distribute half of the mascarpone mix on top. I layer as many lady fingers as I can atop of the layer of mascarpone (I think the lady fingers I purchased are significantly smaller than the ones referred to in the recipe because I used forty and could have used a lot more!) and then spread the remaining mascarpone on top of everything. I then put the pan into the refrigerator and let it cool until dinner time (the recipe said between two and eight hours, so I figured I'd just cool it until it was going to be eaten). I then add some bittersweet chocolate shavings and espresso grounds and VOILA! Tiramisu!

And the results were...