Strawberry-chocolate Mascarpone Trifle

Total Time: 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 cup mascarpone cheese
• 2/3 cup sugar
• 2 tablespoons orange juice
• 1 tablespoon grated orange zest
• 1 1/2 cups whipping cream
• 4 cups sliced strawberries
• 1/3 cup orange-flavored liqueur
• 10 ounces frozen pound cake
• 6 ounces unsweetened chocolate squares or 6 ounces semisweet chocolate, grated
• strawberry, halves (to garnish) (optional)

Recipe

• 1 chill one large glass and one medium glass bowl for about 20 minutes.
• 2 in the large bowl beat together the mascarpone, sugar, orange juice and zest until creamy.
• 3 in the medium bowl whip cream until soft peaks form.
• 4 fold the whipped cream into the cheese mixture.
• 5 combine the strawberries and orange liquor.
• 6 cut the cake into 1/2 inch slices.
• 7 arrange 1/2 of the slices in the bottom of a 8 cup glass bowl.
• 8 top with 1/2 the sliced strawberries, including 1/2 the juice/liquor.
• 9 spread with half the mascarpone mixture.
• 10 sprinkle with half the grated chocolate.
• 11 repeat layers ending with grated chocolate.
• 12 cover and chill for at least 4 hours, up to 12 hours.