Stars and Stripes Berry Trifle

Name: Stars and Stripes Berry Trifle
Yield: Serves 12 (Makes enough for a 3-quart trifle dish)
Ingredients: 2 , store-bought pound cakes (16 ounces each), thawed and edges trimmed; 3 tablespoons, seedless raspberry jam; 6 cups, fresh blueberries; 1 tablespoon, sugar plus 1 teaspoon; 1 teaspoon, water; 3 cups, fresh raspberries; 4 cups, vanilla custard, refrigerated until firm; 1 cup, whipped cream (lightly sweetened)

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Appears in Cook's Country June/July 2007

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With creamy custard, tender cake, and fresh fruit, a berry trifle is the perfect summer dessert. The best summer trifles make their appearance right around Independence Day. Along with stripes of red raspberries and blueberries, we've stamped our pound-cake sandwiches in the shape of stars.

SERVES12 (Makes enough for a 3-quart trifle dish)

TIME1 hour

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

With creamy custard, tender cake, and fresh fruit, berry trifle recipes are the perfect summer dessert. And the best summer trifles make their appearance right around Independence Day, like our Stars and Stripes Berry Trifle recipe. Homemad...

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