Easy Summer Fruit Trifle

by vjbme

Servings: 8 servings

INGREDIENTS

12 oz. cream cheese, room temp
1/2 cup + 2 TBS sugar
2 cups whipping cream-chilled
2 tsp vanilla extract
4 nectarines, sliced thinly
2 1/2 pints raspberries
1 pint blueberries
1 tsp cinnamon
8 TBS apricot jam
4 TBS dark rum
1 angel food cake, cliced into 1/2" thick slices

INSTRUCTIONS

Beat cream cheese and 1/2 cup sugar in a large bowl until light. Gradually beat in cream and vanilla. Beat until medium-stiff peaks form. (this won't take long-if you beat too long it will cause this mixture to break down and turn to liquid) Spoon 2/3 cup cream cheese mixture into pastry bag fitted with a medium star tip and refrigerate. Keep remaining cream cheese mixture to side.

Combine all fruit and gently fold in 2 TBS sugar and cinnamon. If some of the fruit is not sweet then use more sugar.

Mix jam and rum in small bowl and blend. Use a fork to break up large pieces of apricot jam.

Arrange enough cake slices in 3-quart trifle bowl to cover bottom. Brush on 1/3 of jam mixture, top with 2 cups of fruit, then top with half of the cream cheese mixture. Top with another layer of cake, brush with another 1/3 of jam mixture, two more cups of fruit then remaining cream cheese mixture. Cover with another layer of cake, brush with remaining jam mixture and top with remaining fruit. Cover and chill at least 3 hours or up to 8 hours.

Use cream cheese mixture in pastry bag to decorate top of trifle.

CHEF COMMENTS

When you layer this be sure to keep the glass really clean and don't smear the jam or cream cheese mixture. Around the outside of bowl I alternated a blueberry and a raspberry so it would look nice. When you add the cream cheese layer don't take it all the way to the edge. It will "squish" to the edge when you add the next layer of cake and this way it won't completely cover the raspberry/blueberry decoration. Also, on the very last layer of fruit on top I made a pinwheel out of the nectarines and once again alternated the blueberries and raspberries around the edge. I did decorate the top with the cream cheese mixture but wish I hadn't. It's not a real stiff mixture and it looked better (in my opinion) without it. I was so afraid to make this and it was so easy and it got more compliments than the other desserts. It's so light and refreshing and everyone will be very impressed.

Tagged: desserts, trifles add tags

Have you made it? What'd you think?

Log in to review this recipe.