Cheaters

Cheating is not good. The only way cheating can be good is if it is the form of an amazingly edible, delicious desert. Enter: Berry Trifle.

my go-to quick fix cheater dessert. it's light, fluffy, delicious, and fruity... a perfect summer dessert.

BERRY TRIFLE

8 in angel food cake
1 pack instant vanilla pudding mix
1 tub cool whip
1/2 pint blueberries
1/2 pint black berries
1 pint strawberries
sugar

Save some blueberries and strawberries for garnishing :-)

• Let the cool whip thaw in the fridge for a couple hours
  
• Wash and cut strawberries and blackberries into small pieces (usually halves for the blackberries and eighths for strawberries), wash blueberries and toss in a large bowl.
  
• sprinkle the fruit with two tablespoons sugar and two tablespoons of water and mix
• Let the berries sit at room temperature for an hour or two until delicious juices start to come out
• prepare the instant pudding (directions were two cups of cold milk with a packet of instant pudding mix, let sit 5 min)
• while the pudding is setting, tear of large hunks of angel food cake and line a 8x12 pan
• scoop generous heaping spoonfuls of fruit over the angel food cake, letting the juices soak into the cake
• scoop the pudding over the fruit and cake in equally generous, if not more generous, heaps and smooth out to cover the entire cake

Hellooooo Pudding!

• over the pudding, scoop and smooth out the cool whip until the layer of pudding is no longer visible

There it goesssssss

Sea of Coolwhip

• wash the strawberries that were set aside for garnishing and slice thinly. decorate the cool whip, toss some blueberries on top, and refrigerate for hours.

Berry Topping... mmmm

• eattttttt
  

and because i am a glutton for fresh looking foods, here are more pictures :-)

Onions and cherry tomatoes for my stew

til next time, eat. a lot