Strawberry Cheesecake Trifle:

Ingredients:

• 4 pints strawberries
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 4 packages of cream cheese softened
• 4 tblsp Orange Juice or Lime juice
• 4 cups whipping cream/whipped
• 1 can low sugar condensed milk
• 1 cup sour cream
• 2 tubs of low fat cool whip/non dairy whipped topping
• 1 loaf of pound cake, cut into ½ inc cubes
• 1 bar of Cadbury milk chocolate grated
• Few additional strawberries and chocolate shaving or curls for garnishing (optional)

Method:

• In a bowl slice strawberries and toss them with ½ cup of sugar, set aside.
• In a mixing bowl beat cream cheese, orange juice, condensed milk until smooth
• Fold in whipped cream, sour cream cool whip and set aside.
• Drain strawberries, reserving juice: set berries aside
• Gently toss cake cubes with reserved juice
• In a trifle bowl alternate and repeat layers of cake, strawberries, cream and grated chocolate.
• Top with cream cheese mixture as last layer.
• Garnish with chocolate curls/shaving and strawberries.
• Refrigerate for 4 hours.

Yield: 20-25 servings. Can cut recipe in to half, but still can use one loaf of cake. Sweetness can be varied and cut down according to taste.

Picture: by Surekha.