Quick Cranberry Trifles
A elegant layered dessert featuring pound cake, sweet cranberry sauce, and whipped cream infused with cream sherry and vanilla ice cream. Perfect for special occasions and make-ahead entertaining.
4 servings
8 hr 17 min
Ingredients
- •2 cups cooked cranberry sauce (not jelly)
- •¼ cup cream Sherry
- •½ cup heavy cream
- •½ cup vanilla ice cream
- •1½ cups pound cake
Cooking Instructions
- 1.
Stir together cranberry sauce and Sherry in a bowl. Set aside.
2 min
- 2.
Combine heavy cream and ice cream in a bowl, then set in a larger bowl of ice and cold water and beat with an electric mixer until stiff.
5 min
- 3.
Divide half of cake cubes among 4 dessert glasses. Top each serving with a scant 1/4 cup cranberry mixture, then top each with 1/4 cup whipped-cream mixture. Repeat layering with remaining cake cubes, cranberry mixture, and whipped-cream mixture.
10 min
- 4.
Chill, loosely covered with plastic wrap, at least 8 hours for flavors to develop.
480 min
