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Quick Cranberry Trifles

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Cooks' note:

Trifles can be chilled up to 1 day.

Recipe information

  • Total Time

    8 1/2 hr (includes chilling)

  • Yield

    Makes 4 dessert servings

Ingredients

2 cups cooked cranberry sauce (not jelly)
1/4 cup cream Sherry (sweet)
1/2 cup chilled heavy cream
1/2 cup melted but cool vanilla ice cream
1 1/2 cups cubed (1/2 inch) pound cake

Preparation

  1. Step 1

    Stir together cranberry sauce and Sherry in a bowl. Set aside.

    Step 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.

    Step 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.

    Step 4

    Chill, loosely covered with plastic wrap, at least 8 hours for flavors to develop.

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