My favorite dessert is trifle, which I have been cooking for years, though probably never exactly the same manner twice. A tasty dessert that you may prepare while completing other tasks and return to when you have time. To use as garnish, save a few pieces of each fruit.
| Prep Time: | 50 mins |
| Additional Time: | 4 hrs |
| Total Time: | 4 hrs 50 mins |
| Servings: | 10 |
| Yield: | 1 trifle dish |
Ingredients
- 2 cups cubed angel food cake
- 1 (3 ounce) package raspberry-flavored gelatin mix (such as Jell-O®)
- 3 cups boiling water, divided
- 3 cups cold water, divided
- 2 cups fresh raspberries
- 2 (3.5 ounce) packages instant vanilla pudding mix, divided
- 4 cups milk, divided
- 1 (3 ounce) package cherry-flavored gelatin mix (such as Jell-O®)
- 2 cups pitted and halved fresh cherries
- 1 (3 ounce) package strawberry-flavored gelatin mix (such as Jell-O®)
- 2 cups halved fresh strawberries
- 1 (12 ounce) container frozen whipped topping, thawed
- ¼ cup fresh raspberries, cherries, and strawberries for garnish
Instructions
- Place cake cubes in the bottom of a trifle bowl. Stir raspberry gelatin and 1 cup boiling water together in a large measuring cup until dissolved; stir in 1 cup cold water. Pour raspberry gelatin mixture over cake cubes; press down. Spread raspberries evenly over top of gelatin; place trifle in refrigerator to chill until set, about 45 minutes.
- Whisk 1 package pudding mix and 2 cups cold milk together in a bowl for 2 minutes. Spread pudding over raspberries in trifle bowl; return trifle to refrigerator to chill until pudding sets, about 45 minutes.
- Stir cherry gelatin and 1 cup boiling water together in a large measuring cup until dissolved; stir in 1 cup cold water. Pour cherry gelatin over pudding in trifle bowl; spread cherries over gelatin. Return trifle to refrigerator to chill until gelatin sets, about 45 minutes.
- Whisk remaining package pudding mix and 2 cups cold milk together in a bowl for 2 minutes. Spread pudding over trifle; chill until pudding sets, about 45 minutes.
- Stir strawberry gelatin and 1 cup boiling water together in a large measuring cup; stir in 1 cup cold water. Pour strawberry gelatin over pudding; spread strawberries over gelatin. Return trifle to refrigerator to chill until completely set, about 1 hour.
- Spread whipped topping over trifle; garnish the top with reserved berries.
- You can use angel food cake, pound cake, or sponge cake for this recipe.
- You can use your choice of raspberry, cherry, or strawberry gelatin, either sugar-free or with sugar.
- I prefer using REAL whipped cream to a frozen and thawed topping but only if the dessert is to be consumed on the day of preparation.
- Some folks like to add sherry, jam, more layers, or less layers. It’s a do your own thing! As well, you can customize the fruit, Jell-O(R), and pudding according to the fruits you have available, and frozen and canned work well in a pinch. Bananas, mandarin oranges, and blueberries are favourites and the presentation is always terrific!
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 382 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 67 g |
| Cholesterol | 8 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 3 g |
| Protein | 7 g |
| Saturated Fat | 9 g |
| Sodium | 491 mg |
| Sugars | 56 g |
| Fat | 11 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
Having made this most recently, I think decreasing all fresh fruits by 1/2 cup would make it much easier for everybody.