Strawberry Trifle

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It is snowing here,today ! I know I was complaining how unusually dry it was in March, in my last post. But this may not be good for our little pear tree which is full of bloom.The snow is giving an extra coat on the white flowers and the branches are drooping a bit. Hope it gets warmer soon and we get more rain showers instead of snow.This is so expected in this place, if you know a little bit about Colorado weather. The temperature was in late 80s till Sunday and on Tuesday, it went down to 30s !

{Warning: Loads of pictures coming up ! I got carried away ,forgive me. If you don't want to see them all, just scroll down to the bottom, for the recipe }

We took a long walk during the week end and it was great to see the grass turning green and trees full of buds.Birds were chirping all around, maybe they all migrated back after the cold spell. I was trying to take some pictures of them, but I guess the beep sound from the lens getting focussed, scared them away ! But I managed to take some pictures of Prairie dogs ,which you see a plenty in this part of Colorado.The kids were so excited to watch them so close, most of them so fearless,which may be one reason, that get a lot of them killed when they cross the roads.I think they are so cute,with their heads peeping out from their burrows or watching for danger ,standing on two feet.Though it was bit too hot, we all enjoyed our walk and came back home all refreshed .

This is a very simple English dessert, traditionally contains alcohols like sherry or white wine . I didn't add any, as I made this for my sweet little kids.But don't ask who ate most of it, I won't tell ! The mercury levels last week, soared up to 85 degree F here and that was a perfect time for this treat. I had some leftover pound cake I over-baked and I thought making trifle would be a great idea.I removed the dark crust and used it in this simply elegant strawberry trifle.So next time if you end up with a unsuccessful pound cake, think Trifle !

If you have guests coming over,this is a great dessert to serve, which can be made in a few minutes. Also you can buy everything ready made from stores and save a lot of time. If you are all about traditional cooking, go ahead, bake a pound cake of your choice ,whip the cream and layer up ! Either ways it is wonderful !

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Preparation Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: None
Serves-6-8

Ingredients:

Pound Cake- 1/2 of a cake(bake it or buy from store)
Strawberry preserves- 2 Tbsp (optional)
Instant vanilla pudding- one 3 ounce pack
Fresh Strawberries- 2 cups, hulled and cut in halves
Whipped Topping, store bought- one 12 ounce pack

Method:

1.Make the pudding, following the package instructions.
2.Crumble the cake, after removing the brown crust.
3.Layer the crumbles in a trifle dish or if you are serving in individual glasses,that is also fine.
4.Layer with a thin layer of strawberry preserve/Jam. This is completely optional
5.Top with a layer of vanilla pudding,followed by strawberries and whipped cream.
6.Serve chilled.

Notes:

1. You can add a couple of spoons of sherry or wine or any alcohol over the cake laeyr to make it moist.
2.If you don't want to use alcohol,I read some where that people use ginger ale. But I really don't know how it tastes like. All the trifles I've tasted either contained alcohol or no alcohol.
3.You can replace pudding with custard, which is actually the traditional way of making trifle.
4.feel free to replace strawberries with any berries or peaches of your choice.
5.I have also read that sometimes people use just fruit preserves instead of fresh or frozen fruit.

Adapted from here