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This easy fresh strawberry berry trifle with angel food cake recipe just combines angel food cake, vanilla pudding & Cool Whip topped with fresh berries to make a light red, white, and blue summer dessert. I know you want a big ole' spoonful of this sweet and yummy goodness my easy fresh berry trifle recipe provides. I can't blame you. I have made it twice in a week. We are all pretty much hooked. And did I mention it is simple to make... semihomemade at its finest! And you can see it can be made two different ways!

How to Make Strawberry Trifle Recipe with Angel food cake

Start with a store-bought angel food cake. A big one or the individual cakes. I found the individual ones at Costco. No pressure and fairly affordable.

For a full 13 x 9 pan, tear the whole cake into bite-size pieces. If you are making it in an eight or nine-inch square pan you probably only need about half the pan.

Or place the individual cakes on a serving platter.

Once the cake is ready, grab a package of instant vanilla pudding and two cups of cold milk. I might have used 1 ½ cups of evaporated milk with an additional ½ cup of milk.

Mix together with pudding mix for two minutes.

Making pudding for strawberry and angel food cake trifle

Now, if you like cream cheese, add about 4 ounces of softened cream cheese and about ⅔ of a container of cool whip.

mixing pudding with the cream cheese and whipped topping

I also add a teaspoon of vanilla. I really like the vanilla flavor.

Pour over the angel food cake pieces.

pour pudding mixture on the torn up angel food cake

Pop in the fridge for a few minutes to let the pudding mixture set up a little.

Then cover with the remaining cool whip and an additional half a container. This is for a 13 x 9 pan again. If using a square pan, put a little less cool whip in the pudding and use remaining on top. Then begin to add the berries of choice. About 2 cups total of berries.

This a great recipe to make with kids. Little hands are perfect for berry placement.

And it is more fun to eat fresh berries when there is cool whip involved!

This tastes as pretty as it looks. I made it for our bible study group and had not a single serving left. Lick your pan clean goodness.

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Easy Fresh Berry Trifle with angel food cake.

This is a simple dessert that will leave your friends scraping the pan clean. Plus you can sneak fresh fruit into your family's diets.

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Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Keyword: angel food cake, cool whip, pudding, strawberries, whipped cream

Prep Time: 15

Total Time: 15

Servings: servings

Calories: 183kcal

Author: Leah Beyer

Ingredients

1 whole Prepared Angel Food Cake store Bought Or Your Favorite Recipe
2 cups Milk
1 package Instant Vanilla Pudding Mix 1.5 Oz
4 ounces cream cheese room temperture
1 teaspoon Vanilla
12 ounces whip topping 8 Ounce Containers
2 cups Fresh Berries strawberries, Blueberries, Raspberries, Blackberries Or Combination

Instructions

Tear angel food cake into bite size pieces and line the bottom of a 9 x 13 pan.
Mix cold milk and pudding mix together for 2 minutes. Add cream cheese and mix completely together. Add 1 teaspoon of vanilla. Fold in ⅔ of a container of Cool Whip.
Pour over angel food cake and refrigerate for at least 5 minutes.
Use the remaining ⅓ container of Cool Whip and about ½ of the other container of Cool Whip and completely cover the cake and pudding.
Add berries and refrigerate until ready to serve.

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A working mom of two very active teenagers. My husband and I gave up running the 80-cow dairy farm that also included a couple of hundred acres of corn and soybeans to both work to support the agricultural industry. We still have about 20 head of dairy heifers and cows to help my kids appreciate the effort it takes to raise livestock. I consider myself a foodie as I love cooking and experimenting with recipes. My family just wishes I would make the same thing twice. Find my other blog, FarmWifeDrinks.com for all things cocktails.

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