Paula’s Pumpkin Gingerbread Trifle

  4.0 – 1 reviews  • Trifle Recipes

a traditional English dessert that combines autumnal tastes. The ideal conclusion to a Thanksgiving or Christmas meal!

Prep Time: 20 mins
Cook Time: 25 mins
Additional Time: 8 hrs 40 mins
Total Time: 9 hrs 25 mins
Servings: 12
Yield: 12 servings

Ingredients

  1. 2 (14.5 ounce) packages gingerbread cake mix
  2. 2 cups water
  3. 2 eggs
  4. 3 cups milk
  5. 1 (4.6 ounce) package cook-and-serve vanilla pudding mix
  6. 1 (30 ounce) can pumpkin pie filling
  7. ½ cup packed brown sugar
  8. ⅓ teaspoon ground cinnamon
  9. 1 (12 ounce) container frozen whipped topping (such as Cool Whip®), thawed
  10. ½ cup crushed gingersnaps

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
  2. Combine gingerbread cake mix, water, and eggs in a large bowl. Stir until well blended. Divide batter between 2 ungreased 9-inch cake pans.
  3. Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 20 to 25 minutes. Place cake pans on wire racks to cool for 10 minutes. Invert and let cool to room temperature, about 20 minutes.
  4. Combine milk and vanilla pudding mix in a saucepan over medium heat. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly. Remove from heat; let cool until thickened, about 10 minutes. Stir in pumpkin pie filling, brown sugar, and cinnamon.
  5. Crumble 1 gingerbread cake into the bottom of a large punch bowl. Pour 1/2 of the pudding mixture over the gingerbread. Add a layer of whipped topping. Repeat with remaining gingerbread cake, pudding mixture, and whipped topping. Sprinkle gingersnaps on top.
  6. Refrigerate until pudding is set and flavors combine, 8 hours to overnight.

Nutrition Facts

Calories 603 kcal
Carbohydrate 102 g
Cholesterol 36 mg
Dietary Fiber 7 g
Protein 7 g
Saturated Fat 10 g
Sodium 744 mg
Sugars 29 g
Fat 20 g
Unsaturated Fat 0 g

Reviews

Sarah Wright
This trifle had way too much cake, and I didn’t even use the entire amount! I did use 2 boxes of gingerbread cake mix, as called for. Is that a misprint by any chance? The flavors were great, otherwise. Other similar recipes call for 1 box, even when using the same amount of fillings. Curious to know.

 

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