Delight your guests with grilled angel
food cake served with sweet cherries and fresh cream. Toasted
on the outside and soft in the center, this elegant dessert is
infused with sweet simplicity.
Grilled Angel Food
Cake
- 1 angel food cake, cut into 8 slices
8 tablespoons butter, melted
1 1/2 pounds sweet fresh cherries, pitted
2 tablespoons chopped ginger
1 1/4 cups Kirsch (cherry brandy)
1 pint heavy cream
1/2 cup granulated sugar
- In aluminum foil pouch heat cherries,
1 tablespoon butter, 1 cup Kirsch and ginger over low heat on
the grill.
- Mix together cream, sugar, and 1/4 cup
Kirsch; whip to soft peaks.
- Brush cake slices with melted butter.
On a hot grill, grill each side about 30 seconds or until crusty.
- To serve, drizzle cherries over cake and
top with whipped cream.
Serves 8.
Nutritional Information per Serving: 679
Calories; 34g Fat; 21g Saturated Fat; 112mg Cholesterol; 70g
Carbohydrate; 1g Dietary Fiber; 7g Protein; 523mg Sodium; 4%
daily value Iron (based on 2,000 calorie diet).
Recipe and photograph provided courtesy
of National Cherry Growers & Industries Foundation, through
ECES, Inc., Electronic Color Editorial Services.
