Description
- This make-ahead trifle layers raspberries, pound cake, and sweetened whipped cream cheese.
- Reviewers praise how the finished trifle impresses friends and family at gatherings.
- "The tangy raspberries and lemon really brighten up the sweet cream cheese," says home cook lkh.
Prep Time (Hours)
0.5
Cook Time (Hours)
4
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups heavy cream
- ¼ cup white sugar
- 2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
- 2 teaspoons lemon juice
- 1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract
- ½ cup white sugar
- 1 (10.75 ounce) package prepared pound cake
- 2 (10 ounce) packages frozen raspberries, thawed
- 2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder, for dusting
Instructions
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In a medium bowl, beat cream with 1/4 cup sugar until stiff peaks form. In another bowl, cream together cream cheese, lemon juice, vanilla and 1/2 cup sugar. Fold 2 cups of whipped cream into cream cheese mixture. Reserve remaining whipped cream.
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Slice pound cake into 18 - 1/2 inch slices. Drain raspberries, reserving juice. Line the bottom of a 3 quart glass bowl or trifle bowl with one-third of the cake slices. Drizzle with some raspberry juice. Spread one-fourth of the cream cheese mixture over cake. Sift one-fourth of the cocoa over that. Sprinkle with one-third of the raspberries. Repeat layers twice. Top with remaining cream cheese mixture, whipped cream and sifted cocoa. Cover and refrigerate 4 hours before serving.