RED, WHITE, & BLUE TRIFLE

Total Time 20 minutes

INGREDIENTS:

2 boxes (5.1 oz each) Vanilla Instant Pudding or White Chocolate Instant Pudding

6 cups half and half

3 cups Pound Cake, Angel Food Cake, or White/Vanilla Cake (3 cups chopped)

2 cups raspberries washed & dried

2 cups blueberries washed & dried

PREPARATION:

Make sure you have cooked & completely cooled cake chunks for this recipe. You can purchase a pound cake or angel food cake at the store, or purchase a box of pound cake or angel food cake and make it yourself according to package directions. Or make a white cake mix or vanilla cake mix, according to package instructions, and use that in the trifle.

Wash the fresh berries and dry them. I pat the berries with a paper towel to ensure that there is no moisture and they’re dry. You do not want to put wet berries into the trifle when layering. In a large mixing bowl, add the instant pudding mixes and half & half milk. Stir with a wire whisk, for 2-3 minutes, until mixed together well. Let sit for 5 minutes before assembling the layers. Use a glass trifle dish OR similar serving dish. Assemble the layers inside the trifle dish in this order :

• Thin layer of pudding

• Layer of raspberries (reserve some for the top)

• All of the cake chunks (3 cups)

• Layer of pudding

• Layer of blueberries (reserve some for the top)

• Remaining pudding

• Remaining berries

Cover the dish with plastic wrap or tin foil and refrigerate at least 2-4 hours before serving. You can serve it right away but for best taste and texture, let it refrigerate.

* Feel free to use any berries you want. Chopped or sliced strawberries, blackberries are great options. If you want lots of berries you can even use all the raspberries & blueberries in the layers and then top the trifle with additional berries of all kinds. For 4th of July or Memorial Day it’s fun to make a star shape out of blueberries on the top of the trifle and then put strawberries or raspberries surrounding the star.