Lemon Mascarpone Trifle
Lemon Mascarpone Trifle
I got the inspiration for this trifle from a recipe featured on Foodbuzz’s Top 9 the other day. It was a recipe from Spcookiequeen. Seeing how much I LOVE lemons, I thought this would be the perfect thing to make.
I don’t know about anyone else, but every time I go to make a cake from scratch, it comes out too dry or heavy for my liking. So I have been making boxed cake mixes with additions. So when I thought lemon cake, I went right to Lizzy’s blog at “Your Cup of Cake“. She has the best ideas for cupcakes, and recipes to doctor up those cake mixes. I have made several of her recipes and they have all come out beautiful. The lemon cake came out moist, very flavorful, and down right delicious. I could’ve eaten it all by itself.
Now I’ve made lemon curd before, and it is delicious, but I didn’t want to mess with making it from scratch. So, even though I will post the recipe as Gina did, I used a box of Lemon pudding and pie filling. Its great in a pinch, and I doubt anyone will ever notice.
Another shortcut. I do believe I’m annihilating Gina’s post so far. Sorry.
I used regular cream cheese instead of Mascarpone cheese. I don’t know why, but I had in my head that the recipe called for cream cheese, not Mascarpone cheese. So I bought cream cheese. I just added 4 Tbsp sour cream to the mixture. And it turned out excellent.
I did make the Raspberry-Lime Coulis myself. There is no substitution for that. It came out so good I could have drank it. And the combination of the creamy, lemony trifle, drizzled with the tart, raspberry sauce, is nothing but a party for your taste buds.
Lemon Mascarpone Trifle
Lemon Mascarpone Trifle
Cake:
1 box lemon cake mix
1 cup sour cream
1/4 cup fresh lemon juice
1/2 cup milk
3/4 cup oil
4 eggs
Zest of 1 lemon
1 small box lemon instant pudding mix
Bake for 30 minutes or so, or until a cake tester come out clean.
Lemon Curd:
Fill a small pot with a couple inches of water and place a heat proof bowl on top of that and bring the water to a boil. You don’t want the bowl touching the water.
Place the eggs, egg yolks, and sugar into the top of the double boiler and whisk until blended. Add the lemon juice and mix well. Reduce the heat until the water is at a gentle boil. Whisk the mixture constantly for seven minutes until the mixture is very thick. Don’t let the curd boil.
Immediately strain the curd through a fine sieve set over a medium bowl. Use a spatula to push the curd through and discard any bits. Add the cold butter to the curd and whisk until melted. Press a piece of plastic wrap directly on the surface of the curd. Once completely cooled store in the fridge until needed.
Mascarpone Cream:
Note: Of course this method only works perfectly if your trifle bowl is as big as the cake rounds. If not, just piece in as best as you can. After all, its a trifle, and when you dig in to it, no one is ever going to know if they were put in whole or not.
Raspberry-Lime Coulis:
12 oz. fresh raspberries (or thawed if frozen)
5 – 7 Tbsp granulated sugar
1/8 tsp salt
1 Tbsp lime juice
In medium saucepan, bring berries, 1/4 cup water, 5 tablespoons sugar, and salt to bare simmer over medium heat, stirring occasionally; cook until sugar is dissolved and berries are heated through, about 1 minute longer.
Transfer mixture to blender or food processor; puree until smooth, about 20 seconds. Strain through fine-mesh strainer into small bowl, pressing and stirring puree with rubber spatula to extract as much seedless puree as possible. Stir in lime juice and additional sugar, if desired.
Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate until cold, at least 1 hour. Stir to recombine before serving. (If too thick after chilling, add 1 to 2 teaspoons water.) Can be refrigerated in airtight container for up to 4 days.
