Shelly's Recipe

STRAWBERRY AND LEMON TRIFLE - Sak\'s 5th Avenue

Category: Trifles

Syrup
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup fresh lemon juice
Pudding
2 (3 1/3 oz) pkg lemon pudding mix or lemon mousse mix

Fruit
2 1/2 pints fresh strawberry
1/3 cup granulated sugar
1/4 cup water
1 (16 oz) butter pound cake or angel food cake

Topping
3 cups whipped cream

Syrup: Combine sugar, lemon juice and water in small saucepan. Bring to boil over medium heat, stirring until sugar dissolves. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer 1 minute. Cover and chill.

Pudding: Prepare pudding as pkg direction states. Transfer to small individual dessert bowls or fluted goblets, only filling 1/4 full. Chill until set.

FRUIT AND TOPPING: Roughly chop strawberries then divide and mash one half of the strawberries. Then combine the mashed and chopped strawberries with 1/3 cup sugar and 1/4 cup water in a saucepan on medium heat and simmer for about 2 minutes.

ASSEMBLY:. Cut cake crosswise into 8 pieces. Cut each piece into 3 strips. Layer cake on top of set pudding, trimming to fit. drizzle with 3 tbsp lemon syrup, then the stwed strawberries. Repeat layering. Top with generous amounts of whipping cream. Garnish with strawberry slices or mint sprigs.