Ingredients

  • 12 oz. cream cheese, room temperature
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 2 tbsp. sugar
  • 2 cups whipping cream, chilled
  • 2 tsp. vanilla extract
  • 4 nectarines, sliced thinly
  • 1-1/4 qt. raspberries
  • 1 pint blueberries
  • 1 tsp. cinnamon
  • 8 tbsp. apricot jam
  • 4 tbsp. dark rum
  • 1 angel food cake, sliced into 1/2-inch thick slices

Method

  • Beat cream cheese and 1/2 cup sugar in a large bowl until light.
  • Gradually beat in cream and vanilla.
  • Beat until medium-stiff peaks form.
  • (this won't take long-if you beat too long it will cause this mixture to break down and turn to liquid) Spoon 2/3 cup cream cheese mixture into pastry bag fitted with a medium star tip and refrigerate.
  • Keep remaining cream cheese mixture to side.
  • Combine all fruit and gently fold in 2 TBS sugar and cinnamon.
  • If some of the fruit is not sweet then use more sugar.
  • Mix jam and rum in small bowl and blend.
  • Use a fork to break up large pieces of apricot jam.
  • Arrange enough cake slices in 3-quart trifle bowl to cover bottom.
  • Brush on 1/3 of jam mixture, top with 2 cups of fruit, then top with half of the cream cheese mixture.
  • Top with another layer of cake, brush with another 1/3 of jam mixture, two more cups of fruit then remaining cream cheese mixture.
  • Cover with another layer of cake, brush with remaining jam mixture and top with remaining fruit.
  • Cover and chill at least 3 hours or up to 8 hours.
  • Use cream cheese mixture in pastry bag to decorate top of trifle.