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Home » Dessert » Berries and Cream Trifle

Berries and Cream Trifle

Published: Jun 19, 2017 · Modified: May 4, 2023 by Allison · 37 Comments

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This easy Berry Trifle includes layers of cake, fresh berries, whipped cream and pudding (optional). Take a shortcut with store bought pound cake or angel food cake – or make your own. You’ll love this simple and beautiful red, white, and blue dessert! VIDEO below!

Large trifle dish with layers of berries, cake and whipped cream.

Today I’m bringing you an easy, beautiful, and delicious recipe. Extra points that it’s red, white, and blue, which makes it perfect for your 4th of July celebration. Berries and whipped cream are the most delicious way to consume patriotic colors (I’ll skip the artificial food coloring). It’s no coincidence that Independence Day falls during peak berry season, right? 😉

MORE SUMMER DESSERTS: STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE CAKE – STRAWBERRY CUPCAKES – BLUEBERRY SAUCE – STUFFED PEACHES – STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE – 4TH OF JULY FLAG CAKE – BERRIES & CREAM

Trifle dish filled with cake, berries, and whipped cream.

Berry Trifle

  • Cake – Pound cake or angel food cake, store bought or homemade
  • Berries
  • Whipped cream
  • Jam
  • Vanilla pudding (optional)

The cake is moist and buttery, the berries are fresh and juicy, and the whipped cream is fluffy and decadent. This is the perfect combo of flavors and textures. If you’d like to also add a layer of vanilla pudding to your trifle, you can! Either make a box mix or use my homemade vanilla pudding recipe. I typically layer the pudding just above the bottom layer of berries.

Berries, whipped cream, and cake on a white plate.

Berry Trifle Make Ahead Tips:

  • You can make the cake days in advance and store it tightly covered in the freezer. Defrost it in the fridge before cutting it into cubes. Once you layer the cake with the berries and whipped cream no one will know the cake wasn’t freshly baked. It’ll be our little secret.
  • Wash your berries a few hours (up to a day) before assembling the trifle. Make sure they are completely dry before layering.
  • Whip the heavy cream up to 1 day in advance. If it loses a little volume, give it another quick whip before layering.
  • Adding pudding to your trifle? Make it up to 2 days in advance and leave it refrigerated until you are ready to layer it.
Trifle dish filled with cake, berries, and whipped cream.

You can make this trifle in a large trifle dish or you can make individual portions in glasses or mason jars. You can also cut this recipe in half if you’re serving a smaller group.

Whether your celebrating Independence Day or just looking for a fabulous summer dessert, this trifle is sure to be a hit.

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Trifle dish filled with cake, berries, and whipped cream.

Recipe

Large trifle dish with layers of berries, cake and whipped cream.

Berry Trifle

This easy trifle includes layers of cake, fresh berries, and whipped cream. Take a shortcut with store bought pound cake or angel food cake, or make your own. You’ll love this simple and beautiful red, white, and blue dessert!
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Course: Dessert
Cuisine: Dessert
Prep Time: 25 minutes minutes
Cook Time: 5 minutes minutes
Total Time: 25 minutes minutes
Servings: 10 +
Calories: 399kcal
Author: Allison – Celebrating Sweets

Ingredients

  • 2 ½ cups cold heavy cream
  • ½ cup powdered sugar
  • 1 ½ teaspoons pure vanilla extract
  • ¼ teaspoon almond extract
  • 8 – 10 cups cubed pound cake or angel food cake, see note
  • 16 ounces strawberries, sliced
  • 6 ounces raspberries
  • 6 ounces blackberries
  • 6 ounces blueberries
  • ½ cup raspberry or strawberry jam, heated just enough to make it pourable (not hot)

Instructions

  • With a hand mixer or stand mixer fitted with a whisk attachment, beat heavy cream*, powdered sugar, vanilla and almond extract until soft peaks form, this will take several minutes. Keep the whipped cream refrigerated while you assemble the other components of the recipe.
  • In a large trifle dish (or individual glasses), layer the cake, whipped cream, berries, and jam. You can layer it anyway you like. I did the following (from the bottom up): whipped cream, cake, berries, whipped cream, cake, jam, whipped cream, berries.

Video

Notes

*Makes sure the cream is really cold (straight from the fridge).
I prefer pound cake for this recipe because its sturdiness holds up well with the fruit and whipped cream. If you’d like a lighter option you can use angel food cake.
If you’d like to also add a layer of vanilla pudding to your trifle, you can! Either make a box mix or use my homemade vanilla pudding recipe. I typically layer the pudding just above the bottom layer of berries. 

Nutrition

Calories: 399kcal | Carbohydrates: 46g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 22g | Saturated Fat: 13g | Cholesterol: 81mg | Sodium: 279mg | Potassium: 247mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 26g | Vitamin A: 930IU | Vitamin C: 36.7mg | Calcium: 98mg | Iron: 0.6mg

Nutritional Information is an estimate based on third-party calculations and may vary based on products used and serving sizes.

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  1. Claudia Lamascolo

    June 30, 2018 at 11:00 am

    I just love trifles and how festive they are this one is perfect and I love all the berries in it, can’t wait to try it!

    Reply
  2. Nicole Tingwall

    June 30, 2018 at 11:05 am

    5 stars
    I am grabbing a spoon and coming over! This looks so delicious and so beautiful!

    Reply
  3. Remya

    June 30, 2018 at 11:40 am

    5 stars
    Wow…!!! So colorful, vibrant and yummy trifle. I had some lemon pound cake left overs and I made it. This is a beautiful way of transformation. Thanks for the recipe.

    Reply
  4. Britt | Sweet Tea and Thyme

    June 30, 2018 at 3:18 pm

    5 stars
    I love how easy this is! I just got back from the store with berries, all I need is angel cake….thanks for the recipe.

    Reply
  5. Paige Jenny Lohmann

    August 06, 2018 at 8:52 am

    this looks amazing! Can I buy the whip cream instead of making it?

    Reply
    • Celebrating Sweets

      August 07, 2018 at 7:32 pm

      Yes! Definitely. Enjoy!

      Reply
      • Julie Holec

        July 03, 2021 at 1:44 pm

        Do I still need to use the Jam if I’m going to use vanilla pudding?

      • Allison

        July 06, 2021 at 3:16 pm

        Yes, you use both. You can omit the jam, if you’d prefer. Enjoy!

  6. Lewis Johnson

    January 30, 2019 at 1:18 pm

    I definitely need to make this.

    Reply
  7. Haley

    February 19, 2019 at 8:52 am

    I would be more than happy to have this as my birthday cake.

    Reply
  8. Bonnie

    April 16, 2019 at 5:14 am

    I like that this recipe uses REAL whipped cream instead of “cool whip”.
    My question is can this be made a day ahead? Will the real whipped cream hold up?

    Reply
    • Celebrating Sweets

      April 16, 2019 at 5:46 pm

      Hi, Bonnie. It should hold up ok. I wouldn’t make it too far in advance, maybe the night before for the next day. Enjoy!

      Reply
  9. Teri

    July 03, 2019 at 7:49 pm

    5 stars
    I’m so excited to having this amazing trifle tomorrow for the Fourth of July??

    Reply
  10. Rebecca Becker

    August 11, 2019 at 10:51 am

    5 stars
    This was amazing! Made it for a neighborhood bbq and everyone loved it!

    Reply
    • Celebrating Sweets

      August 12, 2019 at 9:58 am

      I’m so happy to hear that! Thanks for taking the time to come back and comment. 🙂 -Allison

      Reply
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