BBQ Party Like a Boss With Grilled Pound Cake and a Naughty 'Spiked' Coulis

I love making summertime desserts on the barbeque - people always seem pleasantly surprised to be serving something sweet, hot off the grill.

You can use store bought pound cake for this treat, or this delicious lemon-thyme loaf recipe. Feel free to use your favourite berries – I’ve made the fruit coulis (a fancy name for sauce) with raspberries, strawberries, blueberries and blackberries and each flavour was absolutely delicious.

GRILLED POUND CAKE WITH SPIKED FRUIT COULIS

Ingredients:

Coulis

2 cups fresh or frozen berries
1/4 cup white sugar
1 tbsp freshly squeezed lemon juice
1/4 cup fruit-flavoured vodka cooler

Cake

8 thick slices pound cake
1/4 cup melted butter
Fresh berries, to garnish

Directions:

• Put berries, sugar and lemon juice in a medium saucepan. Bring to a boil, stirring often, then reduce heat to a simmer and cook for 20 minutes or until reduced by half, stirring occasionally.
   
• Pass the fruit mixture through a sieve to remove seeds and transfer the coulis to a pitcher. Let cool to room temperature. Once cooled, stir in vodka cooler.
   
• Brush the slices of cake very lightly with melted butter and grill on pre-heated barbeque (medium-high heat) for about 3 minutes per side, until cake is warmed and has visible grill marks.
   
• Place grilled cake slices on serving plates. Drizzle with spiked fruit coulis and garnish with fresh berries. Pass any remaining coulis at the table.

Serves 8.

IMAGES SOURCE: COURTESY OF PAULA ROY

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