Backyard Barbecue Trifle
This recipe is taken from the 2015 Milk Calendar. Here’s a fun way to serve dessert come summer. Take advantage of mason jars you may have lying around – they’re the perfect size for this easy summer dessert. Dessert bowls work very nicely as well; you may need to grill a slice or two more pound cake.
- Prep: 10 min
- Grilling Time: 2 min
Ingredients
- Fruit
- 5 cups (1.25 L) of summer fruit such as peach or nectarine wedges, blueberries, raspberries or quartered strawberries
- 2 tbsp (30 mL) granulated sugar
- 1 tbsp (15 mL) freshly squeezed lemon juice
- Filling
- 9 oz (275 g) container Canadian Mascarpone at room temperature
- 2/3 cup (150 mL) 35% cream divided
- 2 tbsp (30 mL) granulated sugar
- Cake
- 2 tsp (10 mL) butter
- 1/4 tsp (1 mL) ground nutmeg
- 4 slices (3/4-inch/2 cm thick) store-bought pound cake
READY FOR REWARDS?
Sign up for our new More Goodness program for exclusive offers, recipes, contests and more.
Preparation
Oil grill and preheat the barbecue to medium. Fruit: In a bowl, stir together fruit, sugar and lemon juice. Filling: Place Mascarpone in a large bowl; stir in 3 tbsp (45 mL) whipping cream. In a medium bowl, beat remaining cream while gradually adding sugar until stiff peaks form. Fold into Mascarpone.
Cake:
Melt butter with nutmeg. Brush over both sides of cake slices. Grill for 1 min per side or until grill marks appear. Cut into 3/4-inch (2 cm) cubes.
Divide half the fruit between 8 (1 cup/250 mL) mason jars followed by the pound cake; gently press down. Spoon in Mascarpone mixture, spreading evenly. Top with the remaining fruit and any fruit juices.
Tips
Leftover pound cake can be refrozen, even if you’ve purchased a frozen cake. A grill pan works well for grilling pound cake.
After pound cake is grilled and cubed, sprinkle with orange or raspberry liqueur.
Grill slices of angel food cake instead of pound cake.
Nutritional information
Per serving| Energy: | 345 Calories |
| Protein: | 4 g |
| Carbohydrate: | 31 g |
| Fat: | 24 g |
| Fibre: | 3.5 g |
| Sodium: | 223 mg |
Top 5 Nutrients
| (% DV*) | |
|---|---|
| Calcium: | 7 % / 74 mg |
| Vitamin C: | 59 % |
| Vitamin A: | 23 % |
| Folate: | 15 % |
| Vitamin D: | 12 % |
