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Themed Meal: Wow! Fastest Dessert EVER!

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       For my food service class, I have to plan a big three or four course meal, and I decided I would make tiramisu for dessert . Although there are many complicated recipes, this one by Sandra Lee who is known using preprepared ingredients and simple preparation methods, took only about 20 minutes. The most time-consuming part is layering the ladyfingers, cream cheese frosting and whipped cream. I didn't have wine glasses so I experimented with making parfaits in bowls before trying them in some plastic cups.         It didn't take me long to figure out that if you dip ladyfingers in hot coffee they pretty much disintegrate , so I began spooning coffee over the cookies instead. Spreading the cream cheese mixture on top was also a little frustrating. But when I used a cup instead, I could just drop a generous tablespoon in and press it down with the next layer of ladyfingers to spread it out.  Ingredients 1 cup heavy cream 3/4 cup su...