Lemon raspberry trifles are a beautiful treat which can be made in a large glass bowl, miniature, or larger individual serving glasses.
Originally published November 23, 2013
Certain flavors are just meant to be together.
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Lemon and Raspberry Combination is Fantastic!
You may not agree with me, but I think that lemons and raspberries are perfectly suited to one another. Don’t you just love raspberry flavored lemonade? (It’s similar to my cranberry lemonade.) If you do, I bet you’ll also fall head over heels with these Individual lemon raspberry trifles. You could make one large trifle, but they won’t look as delicate as these little beauties.
I make these year-round, but they are absolutely perfect for a light dessert after a heavy holiday meal, or a great sweet to serve at a cocktail party.
Remember that Way Better Than Starbucks Iced Lemon Pound Cake I made a few weeks ago?
It’s the perfect cake to use for this dessert, which incidentally, is so simple, you hardly need a recipe! If you’re interested in the little plastic glasses and spoons I used, I ordered them on Amazon. They have lots of different shapes and sizes. I also have the real glass version, too.
Lemon Raspberry Trifles
by Christina Conte FULL PRINTABLE RECIPE BELOW
measurements are only given as a guide for about 12 miniature trifles
Ingredients
- a few pieces of Lemon Cake
- fresh raspberries
- sugar
- fresh lemon juice
- whipping cream, whipped (real cream, not Cool Whip or the spray stuff in a can) with no added sugar
- optional: some raspberry or lemon liqueur, like Limoncello
Break up the slices of lemon cake into small pieces.
Set aside as many whole raspberries as the number of trifles you are making, for the top.
Roughly crush the remaining fresh raspberries in a bowl and add the sugar and lemon juice. Set aside for 10 minutes, and it will develop some lovely juice. (Note, the juice will color the cake pink, if you want to see the different colored layers, don’t use too much juice.)
Place some pieces of cake in the bottom of the glasses, and drizzle with liqueur if using. Next, top with some crushed raspberries.
Now, dollop or pipe some whipped cream for the next layer. I recommend piping as it keeps the glasses more clean and gives the dessert a more professional look.
Repeat with more cake, liqueur, raspberries and end with cream. Finally, top with a fresh raspberry. Refrigerate for at least an hour or so before serving.
Incidentally, these are as perfect for a garden party in spring or summer…
as they are for a cocktail party at Christmastime or the holidays!
Printable recipe below.
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Individual Lemon Raspberry Trifles
A no cook, no bake beautiful dessert that's just a perfect during hot summer months as it is in wintertime.
Ingredients
- 1 or 2 slices of Lemon Cake (my Better than Starbucks Lemon Loaf is perfect, but don't use the icing or brown edges in the trifles)
- 1 cup (6 oz) fresh raspberries
- 1 Tbsp sugar
- 1 tsp fresh lemon juice
- 1 cup freshly whipped cream (real cream, not Cool Whip or the spray stuff in a can) use about ½ cup or 4 oz of heavy whipping cream
- optional: some raspberry or lemon liqueur, like Limoncello
Instructions
- Set aside as many whole raspberries as the number of trifles you are making, for the top of each one.
- Roughly crush the remaining fresh raspberries in a bowl and add the sugar and lemon juice. Set aside for 10 minutes, and it will develop some lovely juice.
- Put some pieces of cake in the bottom of the glasses, and drizzle with liqueur if using.
- Top with some crushed raspberries, cream and repeat once more, ending with cream.
- Top with a fresh raspberry and refrigerate for at least half an hour or so before serving.
Notes
Make this in a large glass bowl for a bigger crowd or when you want to make it more quickly.
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 12 Serving Size: 1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 129Total Fat: 6gSaturated Fat: 4gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 2gCholesterol: 24mgSodium: 49mgCarbohydrates: 15gFiber: 0gSugar: 12gProtein: 1g
Nutrition information is only estimated.
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These sound delicious and look so pretty too. I think I’ll be making these over Christmas :)
Thanks, Suzanne! They are so easy to make, too! Merry Christmas!
These are lovely, Christina! I always prefer individual servings, as they are so much prettier! And these are so festive- perfect for Christmas!
Agreed, especially on trifles. Large trifles get SO messy and look terrible once served, although it doesn’t affect the flavor! ;)
I love these individual trifles. Reminds me of the scene in “Chewing the Fat” when they’re being posh and asking for an individual trrrrrrifle in the most beautiful Scottish accent! Lemon and raspberries are gorgeous together and love that your trifles are great for partying at any time of year, Christina.
How very elegant! I could see this on my Christmas Eve dinner table. And it looks quite simple to make, too…