The Ultimate Trifle Cookbook
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The Ultimate CONTENTS Trifle 2 Cookbook Banana Cream Trifle 3 (sampler) Banana Split Trifle I just love trifles! I have actually won a 4 dessert contest with one of these recipes. Candy Bar Trifle And I never win anything! They are the 5 perfect dessert in every way. They are Fresh Berry Trifle delicious, simple to make, and perfect for 6 any occasion. They can pass for fancy at a Pineapple Upside-Down Trifle holiday party, or yummy and casual at a 7 neighborhood barbeque. Our trifles are Valentine Trifle sometimes light and fruity, or rich with chocolate. We hope that you will love our awesome trifles as much as we do!! For more recipes, please visit Making Life Blissful www.makinglifeblissful.com 1 Banana Cream Trifle 1 yellow cake (9x13 is best, any 5-10 graham crackers recipe will do.) 1 cup sugar 4 cups of banana or vanilla Nuts (optional) pudding (instant is fine) 3-4 cups of whipped cream (fresh is best) 2-3 bananas 1 Peel and slice the bananas. Crush up the graham crackers in a bag and set the bananas and crushed up graham crackers aside. 2 Cut your cake into cubes, whip your cream, and make your pudding. Then start layering in a medium size bowl or trifle dish. Start with the pudding, then add cake cubes so they can soak in the pudding. Add the fruit and whip cream. 3 To make it look pretty, stick the outer-edge row of to the glass in a nice line, alternating bananas and cake cubes. 4 Continue layering until all the ingredients are gone, finishing with whip cream on top. Refrigerate for at least 2 hours. Enjoy! My daughter, Sweet Teen doesn't like bananas at all. But even she has to make exceptions for our Banana Cream Trifle. 2 Banana Split Trifle 4 cups of vanilla pudding 2 bananas, sliced (instant is fine) 15-20 strawberries, sliced 2-3 cups of white cake cubes 1/4 c. of nuts, chopped (pecans, (9x13 is best, any recipe will do) almonds, walnuts) 3-4 of whipped cream (fresh is 1 jar of hot fudge best) About 1 cup of sugar 1 Wash and pat the berries dry. Peel the bananas and slice them. Let them air dry while you prep the rest. Cut your cake into cubes, whip your cream, and make your pudding. 2 Then start layering in a medium size bowl or trifle dish. Start with the pudding, then add cake cubes so they can soak in the pudding. 3 Add the fruit and whip cream. To make it look pretty, stick the outer-edge row of to the glass in a nice line, alternating with strawberries, cake, bananas, etc. 4 Continue layering until all the ingredients are gone, finishing with whip cream on top. Refrigerate for at least 2 hours. Enjoy! This treat captures all the flavors in an ice cream sundae and puts it into a cake. It gives you the feeling of going to the ice cream shop and ordering a scrumptious banana split. 3 Candy Bar Trifle 2-3 cups of chocolate cake 1 jar of hot fudge cubes (9x13 is best, and recipe 2 candy bars of your choice— will do) we use Skor bars. 1 jar of caramel topping 3-4 cups of whipped cream (fresh is best) 1 cup sugar 1 Make your cake, and whip your cream. Warm up the hot fudge, and caramel if necessary. Crush up the candy bars. 2 Start to layer your cake in a trifle dish or medium sized bowl, starting with a small layer of caramel. 3 Continue layering until all the ingredients are gone, finishing with whip cream on top. Sprinkle some candy bar crumbs on top to make it look pretty. Refrigerate for at least 2 hours. Enjoy! Also called “Better Than Anything Trifle” My husband doesn't like chocolate, but even he is perfectly willing to take a generous helping of this trifle. 4 Fresh Berry Trifle 4 cups vanilla pudding (instant or blackberries works fine) 2 cups strawberries (sliced) 3-4 cups whipped cream (fresh Optional: you can add more is best!) berries if you like--the more the 2-3 cups of cake cubes (about a better! 9x13 size cake) 1 cup blueberries or raspberries 1 Wash and pat the berries dry. Let them air dry while you prep the rest. 2 Cut your cake into cubes, whip your cream, and make your pudding. 3 Then start layering in a medium size bowl or trifle dish. Start with the pudding, then add cake cubes so they can soak in the pudding. 4 Add the fruit and whip cream. To make it look pretty, stick the outer-edge row of to the glass in a nice line, alternating with strawberries, cake, blueberries, etc. 5 Continue layering until all the ingredients are gone, finishing with whip cream on top. Refrigerate for at least 2 hours. Enjoy! This trifle can always make my day. It’s a our classic. It’s so light and refreshing. Even though it’s delicious all the time, th it is one of our favorite 4 of July treats. 5 Pineapple Upside-Down Trifle 4 cups of vanilla pudding About 2 cups of sugar (instant is fine) Maraschino cherries 1 can of pineapple in juice 2-3 cups of cake cubes (a 9x13 yellow cake is best, any recipe.) 3-4 cups of whipped cream (fresh is best) 1 Drain the juice from the can of pineapple into a cup. Cut your cake into cubes, whip your cream, and make your pudding. 2 Add about 3 tbsp. of pineapple juice from the can to the pudding for added flavor. 3 Then start layering in a medium size bowl or trifle dish. Or you can layer individually into mason jars. 4 Continue layering until all the ingredients are gone, finishing with whip cream on top. Refrigerate for at least 2 hours. Enjoy! My oldest loves to make fun recipes and cook, so when I tried this Pineapple Upside-Down Trifle of hers I thought it tasted like paradise and knew I had to share. 6 Valentine Trifle 4 cups cheesecake flavor 2-3 cups of cake cubes (about a pudding (instant works fine, also 9x13 size cake) vanilla flavor is okay) -- color 1 cup raspberries pink with food coloring or use 2 cups strawberries (sliced) strawberry flavor Optional: you can add more 3-4 cups whipped cream (fresh berries if you like--the more the is best!) better! 1 Wash and pat the berries dry. Let them air dry while you prep the rest. 2 Cut your cake into cubes, whip your cream, and make your pudding. 3 Then start layering in a medium size bowl or trifle dish. Start with the pudding, then add cake cubes so they can soak in the pudding. 4 Add the fruit and whip cream. To make it look pretty, stick the outer-edge row of to the glass in a nice line, alternating with strawberries, cake, raspberries etc. 5 Continue layering until all the ingredients are gone, finishing with whip cream on top. Refrigerate for at least 2 hours. Enjoy! This is one of our favorite desserts for our annual Valentine Mystery Dinner! But the pink and red are cute for any occasion. 7.