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Raspberry Tiramisu

1 cup seedless raspberry jam
6 tablespoons orange liqueur, divided
2 (8 ounce) tubs of mascarpone cheese, room temperature 
1 cup whipping cream
1/4 cup sugar

28 soft ladyfingers or 2 (10 ounce) packages pound cake, cut into 1/4 inch slices
3 3/4 cups fresh raspberries

In small bowl, combine jam and 4 tablespoons orange liqueur.  In large bowl, combine mascarpone cheese and remaining 2 tablespoons orange liqueur. In another large bowl, combine whipping cream and sugar.  Mix with an electric mixer until soft peaks form.  Fold into mascaropne cheese mixture.  Arrange half of the lady fingers or pound cake in a 13x9x2 inch baking dish.  Spread half of jam mixture over lady fingers.  Spread half of mascarpone cheese mixture over jam.  Arrange half of berries over top.  Repeat layering.  Cover and refrigerate for at least 3 hours.  Makes 8 to 12 servings.

Lemon Cream Cheese Bars

2 cans refrigerated crescent rolls

2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese

1 1/4 cup sugar

1 egg, separated

1 teaspoon vanilla

Lemon pie filling

Preheat oven to 425 degrees.  Line bottom on 13x9 inch baking pan with one can of crescents.  In medium bowl, combine cream cheese, 1 cup sugar, vanilla and egg yolk.  Mix well.  Spread evenly over crescent layer.  Spread a thin layer of lemon pie filling over cream cheese.  Arrange remaining crescent rolls over pie filling.  brush with beaten egg white.  Sprinkle remaining 1/4 cup sugar over top. Bake 25 minutes or until golden brown.

Black Raspberry Cobbler

1/2 cup melted butter

1 1/2 cup sugar, divided

1 cup flour

3/4 cup milk

1/2 teaspoon baking powder

2 cups black berries

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  In 2 quart baking dish, place butter.  In medium bowl, combine 1 cup sugar, flour, milk, and baking powder. Mix well.  Pour over butter.  Do not mix.  Arrange blackberries over top.  Do not mix.  Bake 45 to 55 minutes or until golden brown. 

My publisher asked if I would be interested in being one of the judges for the Successful Farming Magazine dessert contest at the Iowa State Fair.  Of course I said yes!  I love to judge recipe and cooking contests.

A few years ago, my mom judged the Tone's Cinnamon Roll contest.  She had to test over 30 entries.  To me, that sounds like a dream job, but it wasn't for my mom.  They had to try the finalist cinnamon rolls over and over to pick the winners.  To this day, my mom has trouble eating cinnamon rolls.  She also doesn't like being a judge for recipe contests anymore.  I hope that never happens to me, because I really enjoy judging recipe contests.

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