cheery cherry trifle

Recipe by
Patricia Hanson
The Villages, FL

This is a beautiful dessert and so appropriate for Christmas or Valentines Day. All ingredients can be replaced by sugar free and fat free ingredients.

yield 12 people
prep time 30 Min
cook time 3 Hr
method Refrigerate/Freeze

Ingredients For cheery cherry trifle

  • 12 oz
    boiling water; 1 1/2 cups
  • 8 oz
    cherry jello
  • 12 oz
    cold water; 1 1/2 cups
  • 1 can
    cherry pie filling; 21 ounces
  • 1
    angel food cake cubed
  • 3 c
    cold milk
  • 2 pkg
    vanilla instant pudding4-serving eacj
  • 1 pkg
    cool whip, thawed; 8 ounces

How To Make cheery cherry trifle

  • 1
    Stir boiling water into gelatin in large bowl and stir until completely dissolved. Stir in cold water and cherry pie filling.
  • 2
    Refrigerate about and hour or until slightly thickened. (Gelatin is consistency of unbeaten egg whites.) Place cake cubes in 3-quart serving bowl.
  • 3
    Spoon jello mixture over cake. Refrigerate 45 minutes or until set but not firm. (Gelatin should stick to finger when touched and should mound.
  • 4
    Pour milk into large bowl. Add pudding mixes. Beat with wire whisk 1 minute. Gently stir in 2 cups of whipped topping. Spoon over gelatin mixture.
  • 5
    Refrigerate 2 hours or until set. Top with remaining whipped topping. Garnish with toasted sliced almonds. Keep refrigerated.

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