Description
Make delicious individual Strawberry Shortcake Trifles. This recipe layers fresh strawberries, sweet cake, and homemade whipped cream for an easy, impressive dessert. It tastes like you spent hours, but it comes together fast.
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 cups fresh strawberries, sliced
- 1 tablespoon granulated sugar (for strawberries)
- 1 box (10.6 oz) pound cake or angel food cake, cubed
- 1 cup heavy whipping cream, cold
- 2 tablespoons powdered sugar (for cream)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Toss the sliced strawberries with 1 tablespoon of granulated sugar. Let them sit for 10 minutes to create a light syrup.
- In a clean bowl, whip the cold heavy cream, powdered sugar, and vanilla extract until stiff peaks form. This is your easy whipped cream.
- Gather your serving glasses or small jars (about 4-6 servings).
- Start layering. Place a layer of cubed cake at the bottom of each glass.
- Spoon a layer of the sugared strawberries over the cake.
- Top the strawberries with a generous dollop of homemade whipped cream.
- Repeat the layers: cake, strawberries, and finish with a final swirl of whipped cream on top.
- For an extra touch, place one small strawberry slice on the very top of the cream.
- Serve immediately or chill for up to one hour before serving.
Notes
- Use pound cake for a denser texture or angel food cake for a lighter, airier feel.
- If you are making these ahead of time, keep the whipped cream separate until just before serving to prevent the cake from getting soggy.
- You can substitute store-bought whipped topping if you need a faster option, but homemade cream tastes like you spent all day.
- For easy layering, use a piping bag or a sturdy zip-top bag with the corner snipped off for the whipped cream.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 0 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Layering/No-Bake
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 trifle
- Calories: Estimate needed
- Sugar: Estimate needed
- Sodium: Estimate needed
- Fat: Estimate needed
- Saturated Fat: Estimate needed
- Unsaturated Fat: Estimate needed
- Trans Fat: Estimate needed
- Carbohydrates: Estimate needed
- Fiber: Estimate needed
- Protein: Estimate needed
- Cholesterol: Estimate needed