Stars And Stripes Berry Trifle

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 2 store-bought butter pound cake, thawed and edges trimmed (16 ounces each)
• 3 tablespoons seedless raspberry jam
• 6 cups fresh blueberries
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 1 teaspoon water
• 3 cups fresh raspberries
• 4 cups vanilla custard, refrigerated until firm
• 1 cup lightly sweetened whipped cream

Recipe

• 1 for the stars:.
• 2 slice each cake lengthwise into 5 equal pieces.
• 3 spread scant 2 teaspoons jam each on 5 cake slices and top with remaining slices to create jam sandwiches.
• 4 using 2-inch star cookie cutter, cut out 3 stars from each sandwich.
• 5 chop remaining sandwich scraps into 1/2-inch pieces and set aside.
• 6 for the berries:.
• 7 toss blueberries, 1 t. sugar and water in bowl.
• 8 in separate bowl, toss raspberries with remaining sugar.
• 9 let sit until sugar dissolves and berries are glossy, about 5 minutes.
• 10 to assemble:.
• 11 arrange 7 star sandwiches upright around bottom of 3-quart trifle dish.
• 12 place 2 cups sandwich scraps in center of dish.
• 13 arrange 3 cups blueberries around stars, piling up blueberries so that they surround all edges of stars.
• 14 spread 2 cups custard in even layer on top of blueberry and cake layer.
• 15 place 1 cup sandwich scraps on center of custard layer.
• 16 arrange 2 cups raspberries around perimeter of dish.
• 17 spread remaining custard in even layer on top of raspberries.
• 18 arrange 7 star sandwiches upright around perimeter of dish.
• 19 arrange remaining blueberries around stars and pile remaining raspberries in center of dish.
• 20 spoon whipped cream on top of raspberries and top with remaining star.