Strawberry Shortcake Trifle

 

Strawberry Shortcake Trifle

A typical trifle is an English dessert that is layered with some type of cake, custard, fruit, and whipped cream. This strawberry shortcake trifle sincerely suits that description. It is a ideal summer time treat. And, you can even make your very own selfmade angel meals cake if you have the time.

Strawberry Shortcake Trifle Ingredients

Strawberries: I used sparkling strawberries in this recipe, however you should get by way of with frozen strawberries that have thawed. If the usage of sparkling strawberries, be positive to wash and hull them. Instead of actually slicing off the tops straight across, insert a sharp knife at an attitude and rotate the strawberry in a circle till the stem pulls out. Then, reduce them into fourths.

Preserves: Strawberry preserves have portions of strawberries in them, as adversarial to jam or jelly, which would be greater syrupy.

Cream Cheese: For the cheesecake filling, you solely want 1/2 a block of cream cheese (4 ounces). Using the whole block was once simply too lots for this recipe.

Sweetened Condensed Milk: The sweetened condensed milk is necessary in this candy treat. Do no longer use evaporated milk for this recipe. And, simply like the usage of solely 1/2 the cream cheese, you will solely want 1/2 the can (7 ounces). Yes, that is variety of a pain, however after trying out the recipe the usage of the full amounts, it was once simply too tons of the cream cheese mixture.

Whipped Cream: One 8-ounce bathtub of cool whip is what you will want in this recipe to fold into the cream cheese mixture. You ought to additionally make your very own whipped topping to use.

Angel Food Cake: Buy a cake at the shop that is already made. Or, make a selfmade angel meals cake.

How to Make Strawberry Shortcake Trifle

There are three components to this trifle–the strawberry mixture, cheesecake, and the cake. First, wash, hull, and quarter the strawberries. (If the use of frozen strawberries, let them thaw for about 20 minutes for convenient cutting.) Combine the strawberries, sugar, and preserves in a medium bowl. Set that in the fridge to kick back as you proceed with the recipe.

Next, in a separate bowl, make the cheesecake filling. Use a hand mixer to mix the cream cheese and sweetened condensed milk. Then, fold in the whipped cream (cool whip) via hand.

Assembling the Trifle

To collect the strawberry shortcake trifle, I used a trifle dish. But, if you don’t have one of those, use a massive glass bowl or massive glass vase. The factor is to see all these yummy layers in the dessert.

1. Cover the backside of the trifle dish or glass bowl with 1/3 of the cubed angel meals cake.

2. Top cake with 1/3 of the strawberry mixture.

3. Top with 1/3 of the cheesecake filling.

4. Repeat this layering two extra times.

5. Refrigerate the dessert till equipped to serve.

This dessert is high-quality served the equal day. It can be stored, loosely covered, in the fridge for up to three days. But, the cake will get soggy the longer it sits.