Easy Dessert: Patriot Pound Cake

Wave the flag and heat up the grill - summer's here! This fast and easy dessert is great for Memorial Day and 4^th of July celebrations. Patriot Pound Cake is colorful, tasty, and oh-so-simple to prepare. Why spend your time in a hot kitchen when you can whip up an easy dessert that your family will enjoy? The recipe includes only five ingredients and absolutely no cooking. You can even make it as a full cake or individual slices served on patriotic-themed paper plates. Keep a frozen loaf pound cake in your freezer, a few cans of pie filling in the pantry, and pick up some cream cheese and whipped cream at the grocery - you're all set to make Patriot Pound Cake.

Ingredients:
1 - frozen loaf pound cake (slightly thawed for easy cutting)
1 - 4 ounce containers of whipped cream cheese (softened)
1 - 21 ounce can cherry pie filling
1 - 21 ounce can blueberry pie filling
1 - 14 ounce can whipped cream

To serve as individual slices:
Slightly thaw frozen pound cake. Cut cake into 8 individual slices and place on individual plates. Spread softened whipped cream cheese on each slice. Put a spoonful of cherry pie filling and a spoonful of blueberry pie filling on each cream cheese-covered cake slice. Top with a dollop of whipped cream. Serve immediately. Makes 8 servings.

To serve as a cake:
Slightly thaw frozen pound cake. Cut cake in half lengthwise, remove top half. You are going to make a "sandwich" with whipped cream cheese and blueberry pie filling. Spread softened whipped cream cheese on the inside of the top half of the cake. Spoon blueberry pie filling on the inside bottom half of the cake. It's OK if some of the blueberries slide down the side. Replace the top half of the cake, lining it up with the bottom half. You now have a "sandwich"...from the bottom you have cake, blueberry pie filling, cream cheese and cake. Spoon cherry pie filling on the top of the cake - and some will slide down the side. Top with a dollops and swirls of whipped cream. Serve immediately. Makes 8 servings.

On a diet? No problem! Save calories without losing taste by substituting light cream cheese, light whipped cream, light pie filling and low-calorie pound cake.