Quick Strawberry Trifle - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/4 c. sugar, divided
2 pt. strawberries, stemmed and halved
4 oz. soft low-fat cream cheese
12 oz. Cool Whip
1 storebought pound cake (low-fat if desired)
melted raspberry jelly to taste
sherry (optional)

Preparation

Fold 1/8 cup sugar into the sliced berries; set aside.
Beat the remaining 1/8 cup of sugar into the cream cheese.
Fold the cream cheese into the Cool Whip.
Cut the cake into slices about 1/3-inch thick.
Arrange a layer of slices in the bottom of a glass bowl; sprinkle with a teaspoon of sherry and spread with melted jelly.
Then put in a layer of strawberries and a layer of Cool Whip.
Continue layering, ending with a layer of Cool Whip. Garnish with a whole berry.