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Red, White and Blue Berry Trifle

This easy to make patriotic Red, White and Blue Berry Trifle recipe is filled with layers of fresh berries, whipped cream cheese topping and sweet angel food cake. Simple ingredients and a store bought angel food cake means you can put this dessert together in under 30 minutes.
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Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: 4th of July, angel food cake, blueberries, strawberries, trifle
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Prep Time: 30 minutes
Total Time: 30 minutes
Servings: 10
Calories: 354kcal

Equipment

  • Trifle bowl
  • Mixing bowl
  • hand mixer
  • Sharp knife
  • Spatula
  • Cutting board

Ingredients

  • 2 pounds fresh blueberries
  • 2 pounds strawberries
  • 1 1/2 Angel food cake
  • 16 ounces whipped topping
  • 8 ounces Cream Cheese
  • 2 tablespoons milk
  • 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
  • 1 tablespoon Lemon Juice
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Instructions

Prep your ingredients:

  • Wash the fruit. Cut the tops off of the strawberries. Set aside ¼ of the strawberries to use on top of the cake. Cut the remainder of the strawberries in half. Cut the angel food cake into small cubes.

Make the cream cheese filling:

  • Place the cream cheese in a large mixing bowl. Add the milk, sugar, lemon juice and vanilla extract to the bowl. Using a mixer beat the cream cheese mixture until smooth.
  • Fold in the whipped topping.

Assemble the trifle:

  • To assemble your trifle start by placing a layer of about 1/3 of the angel food cake cubes on the bottom of your dish or trifle bowl.
  • Spoon 1/3 of the cream cheese mixture on top of the angel food cake and spread evenly.
  • Add a layer of strawberry halves on top of the cream cheese mixture.
  • Add another layer of angel food cake cubes (about half of whatever you have left after layer 1).
  • Add another layer of the cream cheese mixture (use half of whatever you have left after layer 1).
  • Divide the blueberries in half. Set half aside as these will be used to decorate the top of the cake. With the other half of the blueberries, you will make the blue layer of the cake. Here’s how to get the blue layer to show well in the trifle bowl. Place a portion of the blueberries for the filling into the bowl. Save some for the next step.
  • Add a layer of angel food cake cubes to the middle of the bowl. You want to leave a small space around the edge. This is so you can add in some blueberries around the edge. Take the remaining blueberries you saved from making your blueberry layer and fit them between the angel food cake cubes and the edge of the bowl (don’t use the blueberries saved for the topping design to do this).
  • Top with the last of the cream cheese mixture and evenly spread it over the top of the cake.

Decorate the trifle top:

  • To decorate the top of the cake with a star design start by drawing a star on top of the cake. I used the edge of a fork to lightly trace/draw a star design into the top.
  • Take the portion of strawberries that you saved and cut them into thin slices. Start by cutting the top off. Place the strawberries, point up, on a cutting board and vertically slice into thin slices. Take these slices and begin filling up the space between the points of the star design. Start at the smallest point between the points of the star and fill in going down from the smaller space to the larger space by the edge of the bowl.
  • Once you have the spaces between the star filled you can add your blueberries to the star design.

Nutrition

Serving: 1g | Calories: 354kcal | Carbohydrates: 52g | Protein: 7g | Fat: 14g | Sodium: 367mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 34g
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