Grilled Pound Cake

GRILLED LEMON POUND CAKE LOAF WITH MIXED BERRY COMPOTE AND MINT

There’s easy recipes, and then there’s this recipe. All you need, is a pre-baked pound cake loaf - I get mine from Heinens, lemons, blueberries, strawberries and mint. Essentially. You’ll need a few other ingredients like sugar and cornstarch, but mostly, this is the summer dessert recipe you’re looking for.

Heinens bakery has a TON of baked goods. Their pound cake is simple, yet delightful. I just add lemon juice and olive oil before grilling it.

When I say this is grilled, your stove top only needs to be on medium-high heat, and you need a decent sized skillet with grill grooves. You’ll want the grill marks. It’s just part of the experience. This goes by very quick. You’ll need to cut the loaf(ves) about an inch thick, and grill as many as you will serve. We’re only 2 in this household, so we just grilled 2 slices a piece.

Make sure each side of the slices get some lemon juice, and really be generous with olive oil. It will get very dry and break on the grill if it’s not enough oil.

If you want something extra sweet with it, I did pick up some white frosting from the bakery fridge at Heinens to have on the side. You can also obviously do vanilla ice cream! OR any ice cream.

GRILLED LEMON POUND CAKE LOAF WITH MIXED BERRY COMPOTE AND MINT RECIPE

Ingredients

• medium-large skillet with grill lines

• vegetable spray for grill pan

• 1 or 2 loaves of pound cake (Heinens for me)

• lemons for juicing on slices of cake

• olive oil for slices of cake (drizzle generously on each side)

• berry compote (cup of blueberries and cup of halved strawberries)

• 1 tablespoon cornstarch

• 1 cup of granulated sugar

• sprigs of mint

• honey to drizzle (optional)

• ice cream or frosting to garnish (optional)

Instructions

Make the berry compote first. In a sauce pan, add 1/2 cup water, 1 cup of sugar and all berries. Squeeze in the juice of a lemon. Bring to boil and let simmer for 15 minutes. Set aside to cool to cover the pound cake after grilled.

Heat the grill pan on medium-high, and spray the grill lines with cooking spray. It will probably stick otherwise even if it’s nonstick.

Slice the cake into 1” slices, sprinkle lemon juice on both sides, and generously glug olive oil onto each side to let it soak in. Once the grill is hot, add the slices.

These will only need 4-5 minutes on each side to achieve grill marks.

When ready, take off the slices, and plate with honey, the compote, mint and cream.