Ingredients

• 1 prepared pound cake, from bakery section or frozen foods, defrosted
• 3 ounces sambuca, or other anise liqueur
• 1/2 pint strawberries, halved or sliced
• 2 teaspoons sugar plus 2 tablespoons
• 1 pint whipping cream
• Chocolate syrup, for drizzling
• 1 bar good quality dark bittersweet chocolate

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Instructions

1. Place 2-inch-thick slices of pound cake on dessert plates. Douse cake slices with sambuca or other anise liqueur.
2. Slice berries and sprinkle with 2 teaspoons sugar, then toss and reserve.
3. Beat whipping cream with 2 tablespoons sugar with a hand mixer until soft peaks form.
4. Top cake with berries and drizzle with zigzags of syrup. Top cake and berries with whipped cream. Using a vegetable peeler, shave dark chocolate over each dessert plate and serve.