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Patriotic Trifle Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 package (3 ounces) berry blue gelatin
- 1 package (3 ounces) strawberry gelatin I used sugar-free
- 2 cups boiling water
- 1 cup cold water
- 2 cups cold whole milk I used 2% milk
- 2 packages (3.4 ounces each) instant vanilla pudding mix
- 1 carton (8 ounces) frozen whipped topping, thawed, divided
- 1 pint fresh blueberries - 1 quart fresh strawberries, quartered
- 1 prepared angel food cake (8 to 10 ounces), cut into 1-inch cubes I made the box kind - didn’t buy it prepared
Directions
- In two small bowls, combine each gelatin flavor with 1 cup boiling water
- Stir 1/2 cup cold water into each
- Pour each into an ungreased 9-in. square pan
- Refrigerate for 1 hour or until set
- In a large bowl, whisk milk and pudding mixes for 2 minutes
- Let stand for 2 minutes or until soft-set
- Fold in 2 cups whipped topping
- Set aside 1/4 cup blueberries and 1/2 cup strawberries for garnish
- Cut the gelatin into 1-in. cubes
- In a 3-qt. trifle bowl or serving dish, layer the strawberry gelatin, half of the cake cubes, the remaining blueberries and half of the pudding mixture
- Top with blue gelatin and remaining cake cubes, strawberries and pudding mixture
- Garnish with reserved berries and remaining whipped topping
- Serve immediately.
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First up – I needed a trifle dish. I couldn’t use just a regular bowl because then how would you see the sweet layers?!?!!? Luckily I tracked one down for like $10 – but it was AWFULLY big!
So I started off with the Jell-O first. I made it like the recipe above (which wasn’t the same as the box). I think next time I’ll make it like the box says (to get more out of it). I let that harden overnight.
While the Jell-O was chilling, I made the angel food cake (followed the box directions) and let it cool overnight.
The next day…it was time to piece everything together!!!!
But first…I had to make the pudding.
I made the pudding according to above (only used 2 cups of milk instead of the 4 I would use according to the 2 boxes). Then I realized it wouldn’t make a lot of pudding, so I put in the other 2 cups of milk……then I realized instead of the extra 2 cups I put in I was supposed to use 2 cups of cool whip to make it fluffier. GREAT! Now I’m out 2 boxes of pudding. LUCKILY roomster had a package of vanilla pudding she said I could use, and I had a pack of pudding as well. But mine wasn’t vanilla…it was banana cream. Oh well. I used it anyways. So now I made it CORRECTLY and it was a vanilla-banana-cream-whip-cream pudding mix. Ended up tasting totally awesome!
While that set in the fridge I started on the layers.
First layer into the trifle dish was strawberry jelly (I had cut it into squares first), then angel food cake (I also had cut into squares first, but you can also just tear it), then blueberries, and topped with pudding.
At this point I realized just how big my trifle dish was….it wasn’t even half full yet!!
Time for the next layer…blueberry Jell-O, angel food cake, strawberries, then topped with the rest of the pudding.
NOW it was half full!! Next time I either need to make double the recipe, or find a smaller Trifle dish.
It looked very pretty, and patriotic….and tasted even better!!!
This is DEF a dessert I would gladly make again, it was SUPER easy!!
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