LAYERED LEMON- STRAWBERRY TRIFLE
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SYRUP:
1/4 cup granulated sugar
¼ cup fresh lemon juice
¼ cup water
LAYERS:
12 oz. pound cake or butter loaf (store bought ok)
8 oz cream cheese, at room temperature
1/3 cup granulated sugar
1 cup heavy whipping cream
6 cups fresh strawberries
1. Slice cake into 3/4” slices.
2. Prepare lemon syrup: In a small saucepan, bring sugar, lemon juice and water to a boil over medium heat. Stir to dissolve sugar completely. Let cool, then brush over both sides of each cake slice. Quarter each slice.
3. Beat cream cheese with sugar on high speed until light and fluffy. Reduce speed to medium and slowly add cream. Continue beating until mixture resembles soft whipped cream.
4. Arrange half of the cake pieces in the bottom of a glass serving bowl or dish (2 qt. size is sufficient). Spoon half the cream-cheese mixture over the cake in dollops; spread to the sides of the dish. Scatter half of the strawberries on top. Repeat layering with cake, cream cheese and berries. Pile additional strawberries on top.
5. Cover and refrigerate until chilled (about an hour). You may also refrigerate overnight.
Servings: 6-8
Cooking Tips
*For a lower fat version, try fat-free pound cake and reduced-fat cream cheese.
**Try substituting raspberries or blueberries for strawberries, or use a mixture of all three berries.
17 Comments
looks gorgeous! I looove trifle!
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Congrats on your debut at GoodBite! So cool to see you on video. The trifle looks great.
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It looks lovely on your site, but a search at GoodBite did not turn up the recipe. Has it not been posted there yet? My MIL loves strawberries and I would like to make this for her.
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Lori Lange Reply:
April 2nd, 2010 at 5:30 AM
They have the recipe up now on GoodBite. Just posted it a few hours after I did. Sorry for the confusion!
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Congratulations! You did a great job in the video and the trifle looks delicious!
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love trifle! perfect and refreshing for the warmer weather that’s approaching!
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What a great video Lori!! I love the recipe and am totally making this for Easter dessert!!
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yum! a nice alternative to the chocolate trifle!
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Looks great! I haven’t made a trifle in a while, but now I am totally craving it.
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Another dimension to this already gorgeous site….I am envious!
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That’s cool, Lori. Nice to see you!
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Congratulations! And what a beautiful dessert too. As you say – perfect for the warming weather.
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Delicious looking trifle and wonderful to see you in real life!
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Great video Lori. Congrats!
Very Spring-y!
Happy Easter to you and your family!
LL
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Nice to see this in a video. As refreshing as the dessert.
Patricia
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What a great looking dessert, perfect for strawberry season!
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Congratulations Lori on your recipe being showcased on GoodBite! Looks very delicious and one worth making! Good job…though I would have preferred to see you make it on the video.
Tess
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Hi, I wanted to let you know that I made this for Easter. My children adored it, just as I knew they would. I added the zest of the lemon I juiced to the sugar, water, and lemon juice mixture. I don’t know if that changed things but that syrup was puckerlicious! To really kick up the lemoniness I added lemon zest and a generous squeeze of lemon juice to my strawberries. I also added some of the left over lemon syrup to the cream mixture. It all sounds like it would be too lemon but it really wasn’t.
Thanks for the recipe!
~ingrid
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Lori Lange Reply:
April 5th, 2010 at 7:05 PM
Ingrid- your changes sound wonderful! I’m glad this turned out so well for you.
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