Easy Patriotic Trifle
This Easy Trifle is decorated to look like an American flag and layered with vanilla pudding, angel food cake, whipped topping, and fresh berries. A light, sweet, and no-bake recipe for a patriotic event like Memorial Day, Fourth of July, and Labor Day.
Equipment
- 9x13 glass baking dish
- Cutting board
- Chefs knife
- Spatula
- Liquid measuring cup
- Mixing bowl
- Whisk
Ingredients
- 2 pkgs Instant Vanilla Pudding (3.4 oz each)
- 4 cups Skim Milk (for the instant pudding)
- 10 oz Angel Food Cake (about 14 oz in one store-bought container)*
- 2 pkgs Whipped Topping (8 oz each)
- 2 pkgs Strawberries (16 oz each)
- 1 pint Blueberries
- White Star Sprinkles
Instructions
Prepare the trifle ingredients
- Wash and dice the strawberries.
- Cut the angel food cake into 1.5" squares
- Prepare two boxes of instant vanilla pudding: combine the pudding powder and milk in a large mixing bowl and whisk together for 3-4 minutes.
Layer the trifle
- Spread the prepared vanilla pudding on the bottom of the glass baking dish.
- Layer on the cubed angle food cake.
- Top with whipped topping and spread evenly over the cake using a spatula.
- Using a knife, lightly outline the flag shape on the whipped topping: five stripes and a small rectangle in the upper left corner.
- Add the diced strawberries to the first, third, and fifth rows you outlined with the knife.
- Add blueberries to the small rectangle you outlined with the knife.
- Place white star sprinkles on top of some of the blueberries.
Refrigerate the trifle for four hours before serving.
Notes
*I experimented a bit with the right amount of angel food cake for this recipe. The sweet spot is about 10 oz or 3/4 of a 14 oz container from the grocery store. Using only a half cake (7 oz), was not enough, and an entire cake (14 oz) was too much.