Patriotic Berry Trifle

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup sugar plus 2/3 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup fresh lemon juice
• 1/4 teaspoon almond extract (or vanilla extract)
• 1 premade angel food cake, cut into 1 inch slices
• 2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, room temperature (1 pound)
• 2 cups heavy cream, room temperature
• 2 pints blueberries
• 2 pints strawberries, hulled and sliced (or or and raspberries)

Recipe

• 1 heat 1/4 cup sugar, the lemon juice and 1/4 cup water in a saucepan over medium-high heat, stirring frequently , until the sugar dissolves. remove from the heat and stir in the almond or vanilla extract.
• 2 brush both sides of each slice of cake with the sugar/water syrup. cut the slices into 1-inch cubes.
• 3 beat the remaining 2/3 cup sugar and the cream cheese with a mixer on medium speed until smooth and light. add the cream and beat on medium-high speed until smooth and the consistency of whipped cream.
• 4 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. layer the remaining cake cubes on top of the strawberries, then sprinkle with more blueberries and top with the remaining cream mixture.
• 5 finish with the remaining strawberries and blueberries, arranging them in a decorative pattern.
• 6 cover and refrigerate 1 hour.