Quick Strawberry Trifle

Name: Quick Strawberry Trifle
Yield: Serves 12 to 14
Ingredients: 2 quarts, fresh strawberries, hulled and thinly sliced; 2 tablespoons, granulated sugar; 2 , (10-ounce) packaged angel food cakes, cut into 1/2-inch slices; 1/4 cup, Grand Marnier (optional); 1 1/2 cups, heavy cream; 1 cup (4 ounces; 113 grams), confectioners' sugar; 1 pound (454 grams), low-fat cream cheese, cut into 1-inch pieces and softened at room temperature for 30 to 45 minutes; 1 cup, low-fat sour cream, at room temperature; 1/2 teaspoon, almond extract; 1/4 teaspoon, vanilla extract; pinch, table salt

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Appears in Cook's Country June/July 2005

Desserts or Baked Goods

This dessert capitalizes on the classic combination of strawberries and cream.

SERVES12 to 14

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

A store-bought angel food cake worked just as well as a homemade cake in this Quick Strawberry Trifle recipe. Brushing the cake with orange-flavored Grand Marnier liqueur moistened the rather dry cake and gave it a bit of extra flavor. Blen...

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