Weight Watchers Recipe of the Day: Lemon Blueberry Trifle
When you're a family of two, it's important to learn how to transform leftovers, to breathe new life into them, so you don't find yourself eating the same thing over and over again.
Lemon Blueberry Trifle
Even when something is yummy, time can take it's toll before getting the chance to eat it all. This is especially true of homemade baked goods - breads, muffins, cookies, cakes and such - which usually taste best the day they are made and have a very short shelf life.
Recipe Notes
Which is why I found myself looking for a way to use what remained of Nigella's Mother-In-Law's Madeira Cake recently. Though delicious, after a couple of days on the counter, the cake had begun to dry out.
Old-Fashioned Madeira Loaf Cake
It was too good to toss. There was a time I probably would have just sat down and polished it all off to prevent it from "going to waste," and then washed and put away the dishes to "hide the evidence." But thankfully, my days of acting like a human garbage disposal are mostly behind me.
So, I transformed it into this easy Lemon Blueberry Trifle.
Lemon Blueberry Trifle Bites
Inspired by two Nigella Lawson trifle recipes: the orange blackberry trifle from Nigella Kitchen: Recipes from the Heart of the Home (affiliate link) and the Lemon Raspberry Plate Trifle from How to Be a Domestic Goddess: Baking and the Art of Comfort Cooking (affiliate link), this deliciously easy lemon blueberry trifle is essentially slices of pound cake, drenched with a tangy lemon syrup and topped with whipped cream to which I added a little lemon curd and blueberries.
This easy, creamy and indulgent lemon blueberry trifle was a big hit when I served it for Rod's birthday.
How Many Calories and WW Points in this Lemon Blueberry Trifle?
According to my calculations, each serving has about 256 calories and:
15 *SmartPoints (Green plan)
15 *SmartPoints (Blue plan)
15 *SmartPoints (Purple plan)
7 *PointsPlus (Old plan)
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Save *3 SmartPoints by using Light Whipped Cream!
Make Ahead Notes for this Trifle
You can arrange the cake and top it with the lemon syrup a couple of hours before serving. When you are ready to serve, top with the whipped cream, blueberries and zest.
Lemon Blueberry Trifle
How to Make Lighter Whipped Cream
You can shave *3 Freestyle SmartPoints from this yummy trifle by lightening up the whipped cream.
To make enlightened whipped cream:
Mix together ⅓ cup heavy whipping cream, ½ cup low-fat Greek yogurt and 2 tablespoons sugar in a bowl. Using a mixer on medium speed, beat until soft peaks form.
Use this recipe for lighter whipped cream in place of the 1 cup heavy cream called for in the recipe.
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Easy Lemon Blueberry Trifle Recipe
Ingredients
- 12 ounces pound cake (store bought or homemade)
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 1 tablespoon lemon curd
- 1 pint blueberries
For the Lemon Syrup
- 4 tablespoons lemon juice, from about 1-½ lemons
- zest of 1 lemon, if desired
- ½ cup confectioners' sugar
- 4 tablespoons limencello, lemon flavored liqueur
Instructions
- Cut the cake into slices and arrange them on a plate.
- To make the lemon syrup: put the lemon juice, half the lemon zest (if using) and confectioners sugar in a small saucpean and heat gently until the sugar dissolves. Remove from the heat and stir in the Limencello.
- Pour the syrup evenly over the slices of cake to soak them.
- Whip the cream: Place the heavy cream and lemon curd into a large bowl. Beat with an electric mixer until it holds soft peaks.
- Dollop and spread on the whipped cream over the soaked cake and then arrange the blueberries over the top of the whipped cream.
- Sprinkle with the remaining lemon zest,1 if desired.
Recipe Notes
You can shave 3 Freestyle SmartPoints from this yummy trifle by lightening up the whipped cream. To make enlightened whipped cream:
Mix together ⅓ cup heavy whipping cream, ½ cup low-fat Greek yogurt and 2 tablespoons sugar in a bowl. Using a mixer on medium speed, beat until soft peaks form. Use this recipe for lighter whipped cream in place of the 1 cup heavy cream called for in the recipe. 15 *SmartPoints (Green plan) 15 *SmartPoints (Blue plan) 15 *SmartPoints (Purple plan) 7 *PointsPlus (Old plan) Weight Watchers Freestyle SmartPoints: *12 (when using lighter whipped cream)
Sources:
- Nigella Kitchen: Recipes from the Heart of the Home (affiliate link)
- How to Be a Domestic Goddess: Baking and the Art of Comfort Cooking (affiliate link)
- Cooking Light
*Points® calculated by WW. *PointsPlus® and SmartPoints® calculated by Simple Nourished Living; Not endorsed by Weight Watchers International, Inc. All recipe ingredients except optional items included in determining nutritional estimates. SmartPoints® values calculated WITHOUT each plan's ZeroPoint Foods (Green plan, Blue plan, Purple plan) using the WW Recipe Builder.
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Mary-Ellen Hutter
Hi Martha!
Hello from sunny Campbell River, B.C. I like this idea, but....Limencello....is that like jello powder?
Sounds like it would be satisfying as well as yummy!
Cheers,
Mary-Ellen
Martha McKinnon
Hi Mary-Ellen,
So good to hear from you! Limoncello is actually a lemon flavored liqueur from Italy. I will update the recipe to explain that. If you didn't want to use it, you could double the amount of lemon juice/sugar or maybe use a little lemonade.