Photo by Romulo Yanes
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
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.
Recipe notes
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