Stars and Stripes Berry Trifle

Name: Stars and Stripes Berry Trifle
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)

Desserts or Baked Goods
Fruit Desserts
Cakes
4th of July
Great American Cakes

Appears in Cook's Country June/July 2007

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.

SERVES 12 (Makes enough for a 3-quart trifle dish)

TIME 1 hour

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