The Best Strawberry Trifle Recipe

A classic kitchen standby, trifle is a simple and quick dessert to make. Do you have leftover cake on hand? Use them!

INGREDIENTS:

2 cups (340 grams) of diced strawberries

1/3 cup (38 grams) of sugar

Juice of one lemon

1 can of 21 ounces (595 grams) of strawberry pie filling

Cheesecake mousse:

16 ounces (450 grams) of cream cheese

2 cups of powdered sugar (300 grams), divided

4 cups (1 liter) of cream, divided

1 tablespoon (15 ml) of vanilla extract

1 angel food cake, or vanilla cake, diced

PREPARATION:

Mix the diced strawberries with 1/3 cup of sugar and the lemon juice.

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Mix and set aside to macerate.

Cut the cake into cubes.

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Whip the cream cheese with 1 ½ cups of powdered sugar and 1 ½ cups of cream.

Add the vanilla, and whip until smooth and light.

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In another bowl, whip 2 ½ cups of cream with ½ cup of powdered sugar, until stiff peaks form.

Fold 2 cups of the whipped cream into the cream cheese mixture with a spatula.

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Reserve the remaining whipped cream for topping the trifle.

Add the strawberry pie filling to the macerating strawberries and mix well.

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Alternate layers of cake pieces, strawberry, and cream cheese mousse until all ingredients have been used.

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Top with the remaining whipped cream and garnish as desired.

Tip: Instead of using 2 cups of whipped cream, use an 8-ounce tub of frozen whipped topping to combine with the cream cheese mixture. Use another tub for topping.

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