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Strawberry Shortcake Trifle

June 05, 2017

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Strawberry Shortcake Trifle – A beautiful and delicious trifle layered with vanilla cake, homemade strawberry glaze and cream! Such a pretty dessert!

Strawberry Shortcake Trifle - A beautiful and delicious trifle layered with vanilla cake, homemade strawberry glaze and cream! Such a pretty dessert!

Woo hoo!! Do you know what this Strawberry Shortcake Trifle dessert means?! Well, to me it means summer weather has arrived! I tend to make a lot of trifle and no-bake desserts in the warm summer months. We entertain a ton in the summer and it’s a great dessert to whip up if you need to serve a crowd. And let me tell you what, whoever you make this for is going to LOVE it!

Putting everything together is pretty simple. For the cake, you bake a vanilla cake in a 9×13″ pan using a box mix. Cut the cake into cubes and use half of the cake for the first layer of the trifle. The strawberries and glaze come next and then the cream (OH, the cream) goes on top of that.

Strawberry Shortcake Trifle - A beautiful and delicious trifle layered with vanilla cake, homemade strawberry glaze and cream! Such a pretty dessert!

Then. . .you repeat it all over again.

So. . .let’s take a few steps back and talk a little about this glaze. You make it in a saucepan on the stove. The most important thing I want you to remember about this recipe is that it’s important to add the JELL-O after the sugar, cornstarch and water have been brought to a boil. Keep stirring when you add the JELL-O, turn down the heat and wait for it to thicken.

Strawberry Shortcake Trifle - A beautiful and delicious trifle layered with vanilla cake, homemade strawberry glaze and cream! Such a pretty dessert!

Once it starts to thicken, remove it from the heat and allow it to cool. If you’re in a hurry (like I usually am), place it in the fridge for about 15 minutes and it will thicken faster. It may seem pretty thick when you pull it out of the fridge, but once you add the strawberries, the consistency will be perfect.

Then, all you need to do is top it with a few strawberries and mint leaves. SO PRETTY, don’t you think?

 

Strawberry Shortcake Trifle - A beautiful and delicious trifle layered with vanilla cake, homemade strawberry glaze and cream! Such a pretty dessert!

When you carry this into a party and set it down you’re going to get lots of oohs and ahhs. Let me just tell you, you’ll probably have some of the cream left over unless you do have a pretty large trifle bowl. I LOVE this cream.

If we do have some leftover, we’ll put it on top of pancakes, ice cream, you name it, we’ve tried it. Just eat it out of the bowl with a spoon if you want. #nooneiswatching

Strawberry Shortcake Trifle - A beautiful and delicious trifle layered with vanilla cake, homemade strawberry glaze and cream! Such a pretty dessert!

If you don’t have a trifle bowl, you could always use a large glass mixing bowl or salad bowl. I’m pretty partial to glass bowls when it comes to this strawberry shortcake trifle.

Strawberry Shortcake Trifle - A beautiful and delicious trifle layered with vanilla cake, homemade strawberry glaze and cream! Such a pretty dessert!

Part of the beauty of this dessert is being able to see all of the layers inside of the bowl. It’s almost a shame to have to scoop some of this deliciousness out of the bowl. I think I’ll get over it.

Strawberry Shortcake Trifle - A beautiful and delicious trifle layered with vanilla cake, homemade strawberry glaze and cream! Such a pretty dessert!

Yep, I’m pretty much over it. It’s time for me to dig in.

Strawberry Shortcake Trifle - A beautiful and delicious trifle layered with vanilla cake, homemade strawberry glaze and cream! Such a pretty dessert!

And time for you to run out to get the ingredients for this picture perfect strawberry shortcake trifle that will be the star of the show this summer! Enjoy!

Strawberry Shortcake Trifle

Strawberry Shortcake Trifle - A beautiful and delicious trifle layered with vanilla cake, homemade strawberry glaze and cream! Such a pretty dessert!
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A beautiful and delicious trifle layered with vanilla cake, homemade strawberry glaze and cream! Such a pretty dessert!

  • Author: Adapted from Paula Deen
  • Yield: 10-12 servings 1x
  • Category: Dessert

Ingredients

For the Cake

  • Vanilla box cake with ingredients called for on box

For the Glaze

  • 1 cup sugar
  • 6 tablespoons cornstarch
  • 2 cups water
  • 3 ounce box Strawberry JELL-O
  • 4 cups fresh strawberries, cut into pieces

For the Cream

  • 8 ounce whipped cream cheese
  • 14 ounce sweetened condensed milk
  • 12 ounce container Cool Whip
  • Whole strawberries and mint leaves for garnish

Instructions

For the Cake

  1. Bake cake according to instructions on box and cool.

For the Glaze

  1. Bring sugar, cornstarch and water to a boil stirring constantly.
  2. Add the JELL-O to the mixture when boiling.
  3. Turn down the heat and continue to stir until the mixture begins to thicken.
  4. Remove from burner and allow to cool (to cool faster, place in fridge for 15-20 minutes).
  5. Fold in strawberries.

For the Cream

  1. Combine cream cheese, sweetened condensed milk and Cool Whip.

To Assemble

  1. Cut cake into squares.
  2. Add 1/3 of the squares to the bottom of the bowl.
  3. Top with a layer of the glaze.
  4. Top with a layer of cream.
  5. Repeat layering in this order.
  6. Top trifle with whole strawberries and mint leaves for garnish.
  7. Refrigerate until ready to serve.

Strawberry Shortcake Trifle - A beautiful and delicious trifle layered with vanilla cake, homemade strawberry glaze and cream! Such a pretty dessert!

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  1. Jo-Anne the cray lady says

    June 5, 2017 at 6:33 pm

    Nice

    Reply
  2. Courtney Dewitt says

    January 25, 2018 at 8:29 am

    Awesome recipe that was beautiful & got rave reviews from everyone at the luncheon!!!!

    ★★★★★

    Reply
    • Sara says

      January 25, 2018 at 9:42 pm

      I’m so glad the trifle went over well! I agree, it is such a pretty dessert!

      Reply
  3. Pamela says

    August 31, 2018 at 7:21 am

    Can I make this a day ahead? I’m making two trifle cakes. This one and a cookies and cream one. The recipe for cookie one said it was better if made a day ahead. Just curious what you thought about your recipe

    Reply
    • Sara says

      September 1, 2018 at 10:23 am

      Hi Pamela, Yes! You can go ahead and make this a day ahead but I would wait to add the fresh strawberries for garnish until you’re ready to serve it! Your desserts sound delicious!

      Reply
  4. Pamela says

    December 5, 2018 at 7:06 pm

    I made this before and it is absolutely yummy!

    I have a question. I would like to make this for Christmas dinner but we have to travel a couple of hours. I was wondering if I could make the strawberry glaze and the cream but keep them separate in bowls in a cooler until I arrive?

    I’m kind of afraid that the glaze might be set to much to assemble later. Or that the cream might not remain fluffy enough. I don’t think I will have the kitchen space available to actually make it while I’m there.

    Reply
    • Sara says

      December 6, 2018 at 7:40 am

      Hi Pamela! This dessert is actually best when the flavors are allowed to meld together and soften the cake. I would make it ahead of time and just place it in a cooler in the car. Made in a trifle bowl, this dessert looks so pretty but to make it easier for travel, you could place it in a deep lasagna pan too and cover with foil. Good luck!

      Reply
  5. Maria Burns says

    July 3, 2020 at 4:59 pm

    Hi Sara I have a question can I use block cream cheese instead of whipped ?

    Reply
    • Sara says

      July 7, 2020 at 7:28 pm

      You sure can. Just make sure to blend it well. I use whipped because it’s smooth coming right out of the container.

      Reply
  6. carol ecker says

    June 19, 2021 at 11:54 am

    yummy, used pound cake instead of white cake, just a personal preference, then layered in small mason jars to make the popular “shot glass” desserts, that way I could offer several different flavors of trifle at one time

    ★★★★★

    Reply
  7. Janet says

    May 2, 2022 at 6:16 pm

    4 cups of whole strawberries and then cut them up or 4 cups of cut up strawberries

    Reply
    • Sara says

      May 4, 2022 at 10:45 pm

      4 cups of cut up strawberries!

      Reply
      • Janet says

        May 5, 2022 at 11:17 am

        Thank you. Also can the be frozen strawberries.

        Reply

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