Angel Food Cake Trifle Recipe

Angel Food Cake Trifle Recipe

How To Make Angel Food Cake Trifle

This angel food cake trifle is sure to be a crowd-pleaser, with its cheesecake topping and blueberry sauce infused with lemon juice.

Preparation: 20 minutes
Cooking: 5 minutes
Total: 25 minutes

Serves:

Ingredients

  • 13ozangel food cake,store-bought or homemade
  • fresh mint leaves,for garnish, optional

For Blueberry Sauce:

  • ¼cupgranulated sugar
  • 2tspcornstarch
  • cupwater
  • 1tbsplemon juice,fresh
  • 2cupswild blueberries,frozen

For Cheesecake Topping:

  • cupsheavy cream
  • 12ozcream cheese,sotfened
  • ½tspvanilla extract
  • ¾cuppowdered sugar

Instructions

Blueberry Sauce:

  1. In a medium saucepan whisk together granulated sugar and cornstarch. Mix in water and lemon juice. Add in frozen blueberries.

  2. Bring mixture to a boil over medium-high heat, whisking frequently. Allow mixture to boil for about 2 minutes until thickened.

  3. Let cool then chill completely. To speed up chilling, place it in a bowl in the freezer and stir about every 5 minutes until cold.

Cheesecake Topping

  1. In a medium chilled mixing bowl whip heavy cream using an electric hand mixer until stiff peaks form.

  2. In a separate large mixing bowl whip cream cheese, vanilla, and powdered sugar using a hand mixer until smooth and slightly fluffy. Fold whipped cream mixture into cream cheese mixture.

To Assemble:

  1. Gently cut angel food cake into small cubes using a serrated knife. Divide half of the angel food cake cubes among cups.

  2. Place cheesecake topping in a piping bag fitted with a large round tip and pipe half of the cheesecake filling over angel food cake layer.

  3. Top with 1 to 2 spoonfuls of blueberry sauce then repeat layering once more. Garnish with mint if desired and serve immediately.

Recipe Notes

Check out this Angel Food Cake Recipe to learn how to make it.

Nutrition

  • Calories: 509.86kcal
  • Fat: 31.50g
  • Saturated Fat: 18.55g
  • Monounsaturated Fat: 8.47g
  • Polyunsaturated Fat: 1.43g
  • Carbohydrates: 52.70g
  • Fiber: 2.24g
  • Sugar: 19.93g
  • Protein: 6.16g
  • Cholesterol: 107.91mg
  • Sodium: 519.06mg
  • Calcium: 141.75mg
  • Potassium: 161.52mg
  • Iron: 0.63mg
  • Vitamin A: 340.10µg
  • Vitamin C: 1.60mg
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