Tiramisù  - "Pulls me up". The best recipe for a divine ending to your dinner or just any joyous occasion. There's just nothing like it! Yeah, those Italians sure know what "heaven on earth" means. Easy to make... and definitely worth a repeat performance! This is the stuff that will lift up your spirits no matter what and give you renewed energy!    
 

 Ingredients:         

• 4 eggs, devided into egg yolks and egg whites
• 6 tbsp. of sugar
• 500 grams (1 lb.) of Mascarpone cheese (full fat (85% ) Italian cream cheese)
• about 300 grams (a bit more than ½ lb.) of sponge fingers (or 'lady fingers')
• 1/4 liter of strong, black, unsweetened coffee (cold)
• some Maraschino (Italian liquor) or rum (preferably just the aroma, it adds a stronger taste to that of the coffee)
• cocoa powder.

Mix the egg yolks, sugar and Mascarpone cheese until you have a creamy substance. Beat the egg whites until fluffy. Then mix them in with the creamy substance you just made (Fold it in slowly). Dip the sponge/lady fingers (with the side that isn't coated with sugar) in the coffee which you have laced with Maraschino/rum. Take a dish (preferably rectangular or square), put one layer of sponge fingers in with the sugar-coated side down) Top that with one layer of 'cream'. Continue with another layer of sponge fingers, cream etc. Make sure that the layers of cream are thicker than those with the sponge fingers. The top layer should be cream. Cover the dish with some aluminium foil and leave to stand in the refridgerator for at least one night. 
  
Before serving, pour some cocoa powder on top. 

For 6-8 portions ! 

Enjoy your meal  - Geniet die ete - Eet smakelijk - Guten Appetit - Bon appétit - Prijatno - Kali Oreksi - Buon appetito !