Red White and Blue Berry Trifle

Did June FLY by for any one else too?! I can not believe it is the 4th of July tomorrow! And if you are anything like me you've got a million things to do and not a million hours. So the question is.. what can you bring to the BBQ this week and look like you have all the time in the world to bake amazing treats?! This, my friends, is this answer...

A red white and blue BERRY Trifle.

Beautiful, impressive, and EASY!!!!
                             {Not to mention tasty and fresh.}


To make this dish I used our Pound Cake Recipe. It works perfectly because it is a rich, moist cake that can stand alone nicely but add a few toppings and it's complete.

     {Stop thinking to yourself about running to the store for some fake cake...}

For the Pound Cake:

1/2 lb (2 sticks) butter

3 cups sugar

1 cup sour cream

3 cups all-purpose flour

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

6 eggs

1 teaspoon vanilla

Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Cream butter and sugar together; add sour cream. Sift flour and baking soda together. Add to creamed mixture, alternately with eggs, one at a time, beating after each. Add vanilla. Pour into a greased and floured bundt pan and bake for 1 hour 20 minutes. (Check at about 1 hour and 10mins)

Bake a few hours in advance to assembling, so the cake is thoroughly cool before layering. 

For the Trifle:

When ready to layer cut cake into about 1inch slices, then cube those slices. Place a layer of cake cubes down into your trifle bowl. Press them in so they are packed nice and tight. 

Add a heavy layer of whipped cream onto the cake, smoothing out to the edges. Then top with sliced strawberries and a layer of blue berries. Repeat these layers one more time. For the top layer, arrange strawberries and blue berries a little more decoratively.

Have some fun and use your creativity! Anything is going to look good with fresh berries! I even took some slices of strawberries and cut them into little stars for a more patriotic theme. Way cute. and dang good. 

This baby is going to spur a lot of compliments. Have fun. Happy Fourth! Love America!  

Red White and Blue Berry Trifle

For the Pound Cake:

1/2 lb (2 sticks) butter

3 cups sugar

1 cup sour cream

3 cups all-purpose flour

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

6 eggs

1 teaspoon vanilla

Instructions

Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Cream butter and sugar together; add sour cream. Sift flour and baking soda together. Add to creamed mixture, alternately with eggs, one at a time, beating after each. Add vanilla. Pour into a greased and floured bundt pan and bake for 1 hour 20 minutes. (Check at about 1 hour and 10mins)

Bake a few hours in advance to assembling, so the cake is thoroughly cool before layering.

For the Trifle:

When ready to layer cut cake into about 1inch slices, then cube those slices. Place a layer of cake cubes down into your trifle bowl. Press them in so they are packed nice and tight. 

Add a heavy layer of whipped cream onto the cake, smoothing out to the edges. Then top with sliced strawberries and a layer of blue berries. Repeat these layers one more time. For the top layer, arrange strawberries and blue berries a little more decoratively.

Have some fun and use your creativity! Anything is going to look good with fresh berries! I even took some slices of strawberries and cut them into little stars for a more patriotic theme. Way cute. and dang good.

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