Trying Popular Chefs’ Recipes for Fruit Salad + Photos

This recipe was the most involved since you have to grill and toast multiple items.

I started by drizzling cubes of pound cake with melted butter and toasting them for 10 minutes.

While that cooked, I made the cream topping in my stand mixer with heavy whipping cream, sugar, and lemon zest and juice. 

This recipe also calls for grilling the fruit, so I used my stovetop grill pan to cook the pineapple, strawberries, and bananas until they were fragrant and somewhat golden.

I then chopped the strawberries and bananas into bite-sized pieces once they cooled and assembled the salad.

I put a handful of toasted pound-cake cubes at the bottom of the bowl, followed by the grilled fruit, and then a generous dollop of whipped cream, some sliced almonds, and chopped mint.