How to make this easy trifle recipe using fresh berries, whipping cream, and angel food cake. Trifle is an easy summer dessert recipe that everyone loves!
Fresh Berry Trifle is an easy dessert recipe that makes everyone happy. This trifle dessert is refreshingly light and delightful! Using fresh berries makes this a fun summer dessert that everyone loves. And I also love using freshly whipped cream to make it superb. Using fresh strawberries, raspberries, and blueberries also make it a colorful and fun 4th of July dessert too.
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Okay, so I actually won a dessert contest with this Fresh Berry Trifle. I’m serious, friends. And I don’t ever win anything. Ever. This dessert is the BEST. It’s light and refreshing. And somehow it always makes my day. I make this at least 3 times a year, if not more. Now is the perfect time to enjoy this trifle with all it’s whippy-cream goodness while the berries are still fresh and plentiful.
My Sweet Tween requested this for her birthday cake this year. Her birthday is in July and this makes a perfect 4th of July dessert. It’s light and refreshing for hot summer days and is an easy summer picnic dessert. It’s a total favorite!
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Now onto the trifle recipe.
How to make Fresh Berry Trifle Dessert
For this trifle dessert, you will need:
Vanilla pudding, freshly whipped cream (and go with the real stuff, if you can, from the actual cow–not Cool Whip), your favorite fresh berries. We often use raspberries and blackberries as well. If you don’t have fresh berries, I have used frozen before and it’s still pretty good. Just make sure you thaw, drain, and pat them dry.
You also need CAKE. This is Angel Food Cake. I’ve also used regular yellow or white cake. Even pound cake would be yummy. Cut the cake into nice little cubes.
How to create your trifle dessert:
If you have a trifle dish it will make it look so beautiful! Start layering with pudding first. Then add cake cubes. You want the cake to soak a little in the pudding.
Add berries and whip cream. To make it look pretty, stick the outer-edge row of to the glass in a nice line, alternating with strawberries, cake, blueberries, etc.
End with a nice layer of whip cream and a design on top.
Voila’! Looks too pretty to eat! Let it sit in the fridge for at least 2 hours.
When the time is right, dig in! Enjoy the plops of trifle goodness on your plate.
Fresh Berry Trifle
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Fresh Berry Trifle Dessert
A delightful summer dessert or colorful 4th of July dessert using fresh berries, whipping cream, and angel food cake.
- Total Time: 60
Ingredients
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- 4 cups vanilla pudding (instant works fine)
- 3–4 cups whipped cream (fresh is best!)
- 2–3 cups of cake cubes (about a 9x13 size cake)
- 1 cup blueberries or raspberries or blackberries
- 2 cups strawberries (sliced)
- Optional: you can add more berries if you like–the more the better!
Instructions
- Wash and pat the berries dry. Let them air dry while you prep the rest. Cut your cake into cubes, whip your cream, and make your pudding. Then start layering in a medium size bowl or trifle dish. Start with the pudding, then add cake cubes so they can soak in the pudding. Add the fruit and whip cream. To make it look pretty, stick the outer-edge row of to the glass in a nice line, alternating with strawberries, cake, blueberries, etc. Continue layering until all the ingredients are gone, finishing with whip cream on top. Refrigerate for at least 2 hours. Enjoy!
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 8
