This Strawberry Shortcake Trifle recipe is light, delicious, and super easy to make! Layered with fresh strawberries, cake, whipped topping and strawberry sauce, it will be an anytime favorite dessert!
Easy Strawberry Shortcake Trifle Recipe
Easy Strawberry Shortcake Trifle RecipeThis yummy strawberry shortcake triffle dessert is one of those great treats that feed a crowd. It is my go-to summer dessert because it is so light and always a favorite!
I don’t know about you, but summer rocks my socks. One of the best things that the warm weather brings is the scrumptious food! Party food in fact. Grub for your potluck, BBQ, family gathering, and more.
This yummy dessert is one of those great treats that feed a crowd. I love using fresh fruit whenever I can in my desserts and one of my favorite recipes is this Ultimate Strawberry Shortcake. It’s divine and EVERYONE loves it!
I decided to switch things up this year and make it into a trifle (I love a good trifle recipe!). All of the wonderful goodness beautifully layered into a stunning showstopper dessert!
Ingredients
You don’t need much to make this easy dessert.
- 1 box cake mix (white, vanilla, or yellow) or you can make it even easier by using a premade cake or angel food cake works perfectly!
- 1 large cool whip, thawed
- 1 pkg. (8 oz) cream cheese, softened
- 1 1/2 c. powdered sugar
- 1 (16 oz.) pkg fresh strawberries or 2 (10 oz.) pkg. frozen strawberries
- 1 pkg. strawberry danish dessert
How to Make a Strawberry Shortcake Trifle
- Bake cake according to directions on box. Let cool.
- Wash & slice fresh strawberries or defrost frozen strawberries; set aside.
- Mix together cool whip with 1/2 c. powdered sugar; set aside.
- Blend cream cheese with 1 c. powdered sugar until smooth and creamy.
- Add cool whip to cream cheese and cream together.
- Make danish dessert as directed with 1 1/2 c. cold water instead of 1 3/4 c.
- Cool slightly and fold in strawberries.
- In a trifle bowl, layer in the following order: cubed cake, strawberries & danish dessert and then cream cheese mixture.
- Repeat until you reach the top of the trifle bowl.
- Refrigerate until ready to serve.
Want a couple more delicious & easy strawberry recipes? Give these a try!
Strawberry Shortcake Baked Alaska | Easy Strawberry Shortcake | No Bake Chocolate Strawberry Icebox Cake | Skinny Strawberry Cake | Jello Poke Cake | Strawberry Pretzel Salad | Strawberry Lemonade Cream Cheese Cookies
Strawberry Shortcake Trifle
Ingredients
- 1 box cake mix white, vanilla, or yellow (or save time by using an angel food cake
- 1 large tub Cool Whip thawed
- 1 8 ounce package cream cheese softened
- 1 ½ cups powdered sugar
- 16 ounces fresh strawberries or 2 (10 oz.) pkg. frozen strawberries
- 1 package strawberry danish dessert
Instructions
- Bake cake according to directions on box. Let cool.
- Wash & slice fresh strawberries or defrost frozen strawberries; set aside.
- Mix together cool whip with 1/2 c. powdered sugar; set aside.
- Blend cream cheese with 1 c. powdered sugar until smooth and creamy.
- Add cool whip to cream cheese and cream together.
- Make danish dessert as directed with 1 1/2 c. cold water instead of 1 3/4 c.
- Cool slightly and fold in strawberries.
- In a trifle bowl, layer in the following order: cubed cake, strawberries & danish dessert and then cream cheese mixture.
- Repeat until you reach the top of the trifle bowl.
- Refrigerate until ready to serve.
I don’t know what a Danish pastry is??
https://amzn.to/3fInCp9 – here you go.
I can’t get the danish stuff in time is there anything else I can use