Red, White and Blueberry Shortcakes

Red, White and Blueberry Shortcakes

Cook's notes: This patriotic dessert pairs well with your grilled holiday meal. The recipe works because the pound cake slices can be grilled along side main meal and fresh berries are plentiful this time of the year.  

Serves 4 recipe adapted from allrecipes.com

Ingredients:

• 1 cup heavy cream
• 1 TB. powdered sugar
• 1/4 cup blueberry preserves
• 1 Tb. butter
• 8 slices prepared pound cake (I tested with Sara Lee frozen pound cake)
• 3 cups sliced strawberries
•  1 cup blueberries
• 2 TB strawberry preserves

Directions:

• Melt butter,brush both sides of cake slices and grill a few minutes on each side. Cut pound cakes in half on the diagonal.  
• Beat cream with powdered sugar until stiff. Blend in blueberry preserves and fold in blueberries. Refrigerate.
• Mix sliced strawberries with strawberry preserves. 
• To assemble place 1/4 of strawberry mixture in center of plate. Add cake slices on either side, overlapping. Add a dollop of blueberry whip cream mixture on top.
• Garnish with a decorative flag pick.

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