Strawberry Cake Trifle

As I’ve mentioned in previous blogs, I’ve had a goal of recreating the strawberry cake my Maw Maw always made for my birthday, but from scratch.  I feel like I’ve accomplished that goal and I’m happy with my recipe.  But I have another version of the strawberry birthday cake that I came up with quite some years ago that I use for parties or potlucks because the original cake doesn’t travel very well.  This version uses most of the ingredients of the original (boxed cake mix, strawberry jello, vanilla pudding), but I’ve turned it into a trifle.  It’s super easy to make, pretty tasty and moist and perfect for a summer gathering.

Strawberry Cake Trifle

Ingredients:

1 box Pillsbury Strawberry cake mix

3 eggs

1/3 cup vegetable oil

1 cup water

1 (4 serving size) strawberry jello mix

1 pint strawberries, sliced (save a few large one for top)

8 oz whipped cream

1 tbsp powdered sugar

1 tsp vanilla

1 large package vanilla pudding mix

3 cups milk

Directions:

Make vanilla pudding according to package directions

Whip cream with powdered sugar and vanilla

Combine vanilla pudding and whipped cream, set aside

Dissolve gelatin in 1/2 amount of water called for in package

Take cooled cake and crumble on bottom of trifle bowl

Drizzle with gelatin

Cover with whipped pudding mixture

Cover with sliced strawberries

Repeat

Cover top layer with big strawberries