Berry Trifle

Ingredients

Berries:

• 1 pint blueberries
• 1 pint strawberries, hulled and cut into thick slices
• 2 pint raspberries
• 1 lemon, juiced
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons cornstarch

Lemon Cream:

• 1 quart whipping cream
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 (11-ounce) jar lemon curd
• 1 cup store bought pound cake, slices 1/2-inch thick

Directions

Place the berries into a large bowl and sprinkle with half of the lemon juice. Lightly toss.

Combine the berries, sugar, cornstarch and remaining lemon juice in a saucepan over medium-high heat. Bring to a simmer and cook just until the berries begin to break down and give up their juices, about 3 minutes. Take the berries off the heat and let cool; the mixture should thicken up as is cools.

In a clean bowl, whip the cream with the sugar and the vanilla to soft peaks. Put the lemon curd into a second bowl and stir in a little of the whipped cream to loosen it. Then fold in the rest of the cream.

To assemble the trifle, spoon a layer of the lemon cream into a large glass bowl. Add a layer of pound cake, breaking the slices into pieces that fit. Then soak the cake with a layer of berries and their juices. Keep going to make 3 or 4 more layers, depending on the size of the bowl, finishing with a layer of lemon cream. Cover and refrigerate until ready to serve.