Frozen Strawberry-Banana Cake with Strawberry Sauce
- 1 12-ounce pound cake
- 1 cup strawberry preserves
- 1/4 cup strawberry liqueur or orange juice
- 2 pints strawberry sorbet, softened
- 2 pints banana-strawberry frozen yogurt, softened
- 1 10-ounce package frozen sliced strawberries in syrup, thawed
- 3 large ripe bananas, peeled, cut diagonally into 1/4-inch-thick slices
- Sliced fresh strawberries
- Cut cake into 1/4-inch-thick slices.
- Arrange enough slices in bottom of 9-inch-diameter springform pan with 2 3/4-inch-high sides to just cover bottom, fitting tightly.
- Cook preserves and liqueur in heavy small saucepan over medium heat until reduced to 2/3 cup, stirring frequently, about 14 minutes.
- Spread half of preserves mixture over cake in pan.
- Freeze 10 minutes.
- Spoon sorbet over cake in pan; smooth top.
- Arrange more cake slices over to just cover sorbet.
- Spread remaining preserves mixture over cake.
- Freeze 10 minutes.
- Spoon frozen yogurt over cake; smooth top.
- Cover and freeze overnight.
- (Can be prepared 1 week ahead.)
- Puree thawed berries in processor.
- Cover and refrigerate until cold.
- (Sauce can be prepared 2 days ahead.)
- Release pan sides from cake.
- Place banana slices around cake edge.
- Mound berries in center.
- Serve cake with sauce.
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Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/frozen-strawberry-banana-cake-with-strawberry-sauce-564 (may not work)