Week 24: Berries - 3 Berry Lemon Trifle!

Berries are in season and on sale, so I went with Blueberries, Blackberries and Raspberries. Naturally in my berry haze I bought too many, so the leftovers got thrown in the freezer for later recipes. For the optional alcohol component I used Limoncello. A couple years ago I made my own, and it was absolutely scrumptious, but it takes a few days to infuse the lemon in the alcohol, and I didn’t have the time.

The topping is mascarpone cheese since whipped cream falls, and with only two people eating this over the course of a week, I needed something that would keep. I fluffed it with lemon zest. Tom graciously zested 7 lemons for this, and we don’t have a fancy microplane. So it was a megapain.

For the cake part I used Paula Deen’s pound cake recipe, but added a lemon’s worth of juice and a couple tablespoons of zest.

Lemon Curd by Ina Garten.

The layers in order:

Poundcake, Limoncello, Blackberries, Lemon Curd, Cake, Limoncello, Raspberries, Lemon Curd, Cake, Limoncello, Blueberries, Lemon Zest Infused Mascarpone, Zest.

Please pardon the sloppy plating. We couldn’t wait for it to set before eating.