Vanilla Pound Cake Amongst Lemon Curd Creme, Blackberries, Bluish Berries & Dark Plums

This morning, I'm flashing dorsum to i of my all favorite posts.  I recall the hateful solar daytime I shot it - Emma was most iv months old, it was a Sabbatum morning time (back when I would create all of my piece of occupation on Saturday!) as well as Mike as well as Emma watched me spell I railroad train everything on our onetime porch inwards Concord with my favorite bluish backdrop as well as onetime table.  I can't believe that was iv years agone - it feels similar most 10!  

This cake was made inwards my Lemon Pound Cake, or y'all tin move operate a box white cake mix.  If y'all are inwards the mood for chocolate, live on out out the lemon curd layer as well as brand a chocolate cake layered with whip cream as well as berries.  The combinations are endless.  I genuinely simply similar this sentiment of a casual, rustic layer cake that is perfect inwards its imperfections - as well as unbelievably easy.

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Vanilla Pound Cake with Lemon Curd Creme, Blackberries, Blue Berries & Black Plums

I beloved assembling desserts.  When I'm entertaining, whatever shortcuts that number inwards something scrumptious looking as well as delicious is welcome inwards my kitchen.  I laid out to brand a trifle... but I somehow bring misplaced my trifle bowl.  Funny- I don't mean value I e'er genuinely used it for a trifle before, but I used it all of the fourth dimension when I was catering equally an elevated bowl for salads, dip, fruit, whatever- as well as straightaway that I genuinely postulate it for a trifle, I can't honour it.  Of course.  I mean value I fifty-fifty had ii from the catering days... multiples of everything. 

Anyway, I genuinely wanted to brand an elegant, silent slightly rustic as well as well, sloppily decadent looking dessert.  I decided to brand a trifle-looking layer cake with pound cake, lemon curd cream as well as whipped cream topped with berries.  It turned out beautifully.  I think.

Vanilla Pound Cake with 
Lemon Curd Cream, Whipped Cream & Berries



6" Round Cake (my lemon recipe here)
Recipe of Lemon Curd
1 pint of Whipping Cream
1/4 loving cup of Sugar
Berries & Fruit

Lemon, zested

Whip the cream with a whisk attachment until soft peaks form.  Add saccharide as well as whip for roughly other thirty seconds.   Slice cake into iii layers with a serrated knife.  Layer with whipped cream as well as lemon curd cream betwixt each layer.  Top with whipped cream, berries, fruit as well as lemon zest. 

I bake my cakes with a slice of parchment newspaper (you tin move purchase here>) cutting to the shape of the bottom of my pan.  You tin move easily operate a store-bought pound cake for this 'assembled' dessert.  I baked mine because I wanted a circular cake that would gibe on this cake stand.

Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 serrated knife is also known equally a breadstuff knife - essential for non violent upward your cake.

Put lots of lemon - one-half of the recipe betwixt each layer!

Big dollops of whipped cream - plenty to smoosh over the sides.

Next layer, please...  This is genuinely simply empty-headed simple.  I mean value a cake made inwards a loaf pan - traditional pound cake - would await great, too. 

Pile it on.  The messier the better.

Now the pretty fruit.  You genuinely can't mess this upward - simply teach inwards await bountiful, the clandestine to all peachy looking food!

Lemon zest adds...

Just the correct affair with the night berries.  Isn't she a beauty?  Wow.  She's messy as well as pretty at the same time.  Can I tell wow most my ain creation?

She looks great, piled high as well as overflowing, equally business office of a Mother's Day Spring tabular array setting.

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