Description
A delicious strawberry trifle made with fresh strawberries, cream, and pound cake.
Ingredients
Scale
- ½ pound fresh strawberries
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 2 tablespoons water
- 2 tablespoons light brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon cornstarch
- 2 tablespoons powdered sugar
- ¾ cup whipping or heavy cream (cold)
- 2 tablespoons cream cheese (cold)
- 3 slices homemade pound cake (or store-bought, see Notes below)
- ¼ pound fresh strawberries (rinsed and cut into small chunks)
Instructions
- Wash, hull, and cut the strawberries into small pieces.
- Put the strawberry pieces in a medium saucepan. Add the sugar, lemon juice, and half the water. Cook until it boils and foams, stirring once in a while.
- Dissolve the cornstarch in the remaining water and add to the strawberries in a thin stream. Stir constantly and cook for 1 minute.
- Remove from the heat, transfer to a bowl and let cool completely.
- Store in the refrigerator for up to a week in a glass jar with a tight-fitting lid or other types of airtight container. It can also be frozen for a month and thawed at room temperature.
- In a medium or large bowl, beat cream with powdered sugar and cream cheese until you have medium-firm peaks.
- Refrigerate covered in plastic wrap if not used immediately.
- Begin assemble at least 4-6 hours before serving, and up to a day. Use individual mason jars, glasses or goblets.
- Make the layers. I build it with a layer of cake, strawberry sauce, whipped cream, and fresh strawberries. Repeat if you want a double-decker trifle.
- Keep refrigerated until serving time.
- Serve with an extra dollop of whipped cream and half a strawberry.
Notes
- You can use store-bought pound cake if time is tight.
- This dessert can be made a day in advance.
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: No-Bake
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cup
- Calories: 350
- Sugar: 24g
- Sodium: 75mg
- Fat: 20g
- Saturated Fat: 12g
- Unsaturated Fat: 8g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 40g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 3g
- Cholesterol: 80mg