Patriotic Berry Trifle

Name: Patriotic Berry Trifle
Prep time: 35 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 10
Cuisine: English, British, Scottish, European
Ingredients: 0 teaspoons almond extract; 1 premade angel food cake, cut into 1-inch slices; 2 pints blueberries; 454 grams cream cheese, at room temperature; 473 milliliters heavy cream, at room temperature; 59 milliliters fresh lemon juice; 2 pints strawberries, hulled and sliced; 59 milliliters sugar

Patriotic Berry Trifle is a gluten free recipe with 10 servings. One serving contains 512 calories, 7g of protein, and 34g of fat. This recipe covers 14% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe is typical of Scottish cuisine. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 35 minutes. A mixture of lemon juice, heavy cream, strawberries, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so yummy.

Instructions

Heat 1/4 cup sugar, the lemon juice and 1/4 cup water in a saucepan over medium-high heat, stirring, until the sugar dissolves.

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Lemon Juice

Sugar

Water

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Sauce Pan

Remove from the heat and stir in the almond extract.

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Almond Extract

Brush both sides of each slice of cake with the syrup.

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Syrup

Cut the slices into 1-inch cubes.

Beat the remaining 2/3 cup sugar and the cream cheese with a mixer on medium speed until smooth and light.

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Cream Cheese

Sugar

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Blender

Add the cream and beat on medium-high speed until smooth and the consistency of whipped cream.

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Whipped Cream

Cream

Arrange half of the cake cubes in the bottom of a 13-cup trifle dish.

Sprinkle evenly with a layer of blueberries. Dollop half of the cream mixture over the blueberries and gently spread. Top with a layer of strawberries.

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Strawberries

Blueberries

Spread

Cream

Layer the remaining cake cubes on top of the strawberries, then sprinkle with more blueberries and top with the remaining cream mixture. Finish with the remaining strawberries and blueberries, arranging them in a decorative pattern. Cover and refrigerate 1 hour.

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Strawberries

Blueberries

Cream

Photograph by Steve Giralt