Ingredients

Cake

• 3/4 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
• 1 1/4 cups sugar
• 1 teaspoon lemon zest
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
• 3 eggs
• 2 1/4 cups pastry flour
• 1 1/4 teaspoons salt
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 cup buttermilk or 1/2 cup milk with 1 tsp lemon juice
• 1 tablespoon turbinado sugar, for sprinkling

Custard

• 1/2 cup whipping cream
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 3 egg yolks
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 3 tablespoons sherry
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 1 cup mascarpone cheese

Port Glaze

• 1 cup port
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 4 black peppercorns
• 1 cup strawberries, hulled and quartered
• 1 cup raspberries
• 1 cup sweet cherries, pitted

Berry Mixture

• 2/3 cup raspberries
• 2/3 cup blueberries and
• 2/3 cup blackberries, mixed together

Description

Port Trifle - A Recipe From Food Network Canada. The Intense Fruitiness Of Port Is The Key Flavour In This Dessert, But Port's Second Cousin, Sherry, Is Used In The Custard For Two Reasons. Sherry Is The Traditional Flavour In Trifle, But Its Pale Colour

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