Mascarpone Berry Trifle

I was searching for a Memorial Day inspired dessert and found tons of recipes for festive Trifles, thus trifle inspiration began! It is simply delicious. Helpful hint: this recipe makes a ton, however I’ve easily halved it for a smaller gathering.

And if you are so inspired, you can even make adorable individual servings.

The Recipe:
1/4 cup Sugar
1/2 cup freshly squeezed lime juice
1/4 cup water
*Heat the above ingredients until sugar is dissolved, remove from heat and cool.
1/4 teaspoon almond extract
*add almond extract to cooled lime syrup
2 Lbs pound cake cut into 1 inch cubes
*Place pound cake in a bowl, poor lime syrup over and allow to sit while you are making the rest of the trifle

1 Lb mascarpone cheese
2/3 cup sugar
2 cups heavy cream
2 teaspoons vanilla
*Whip together until stiff peaks

2 pints strawberries, chopped
1 pint blue berries
*or any kind of berries you like, I’ve also used raspberries, but blueberries and strawberries are my favorite so far

Assemble – either use a trifle bowl, or make individual servings:
Layer half of the pound cake, cover with blueberries then a layer of the mascarpone cream, topped with strawberries. Repeat – top trifle with Strawberries.

If you have a Trader Joe’s near you, I highly recommend using their pound cake.

And those Strawberry tops, my chickens love them!