An early post showed a photo of Tiramisu at an Italian bakery in New York City, along with a photo of a recipe, so if you want to make Tiramisu, go to that post.
Several of the available recipes for Tiramisu call for using raw eggs - specifically, beaten egg whites. I started making it without the eggs by substituting whipped cream (home-whipped). The recipe at the link above uses a cooked custard instead of raw eggs, and is from a lady finger package.
So the ingredients I use are: lady fingers, espresso coffee (cooled), mascarpone cheese (beaten with sugar and brandy or flavored liquor), heavy cream whipped with vanilla and a small amount of sugar, frozen berries (thawed, with the juice), and topped with unsweetened cocoa powder (use a small strainer to apply the cocoa to avoid lumps). These ingredients are assembled in a deep(ish) serving dish, starting with the lady finders dipped in the cold espresso, and then layering the cheese mixture, berries and whipped cream, and topping with the final layer of whipped cream and then sprinkling on the cocoa powder with a small strainer.
It turns out that the Silver Spoon cookbook has a recipe for something called Zuccotto that is very similar to what I make. The recipe says you can freeze the finished dessert as well, so it could be made ahead and then thawed slightly before serving. I've done this and it works fine.
Pic of the official recipe is posted below, along with a few photos of my process.
Here are the lady fingers (use the dry, imported ones):
Here is the mascarpone being beaten with a little sugar and brandy:
And this is mid-assembly:
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