Easy Christmas Trifle

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This easy Christmas trifle won’t stress you out but will save your holiday entertainment. Layers of red velvet cake, pudding, and whipped cream come together quickly and make this gorgeous and delicious holiday treat.

Where I’m from, there are no easy desserts. Like our cooking, baking desserts takes hours and sometimes, days. That’s probably why I never liked baking. American cuisine taught me that making desserts can be easy, quick, and fun.

This Christmas trifle is quick and easy but it looks like you’ve spent hours making it. I had fun using gingerbread cookies and sprinkles to decorate it, but you can certainly make it your own.

Easy Hack

Although I prefer homemade cake so I can control what goes into it, for this recipe I used boxed cake mix. Christmas cooking is already so demanding and stressful, so why not make baking a little easier, right? The little ones certainly don’t care if it’s made from scratch or not.

Red velvet cake mix and vanilla pudding tinted with green food color are so festive and will definitely satisfy your sweet tooth. You can use pistachio pudding instead, however, the color is too pale so I’d still add the green food coloring.

Doesn’t it look just so Christmassy and inviting? Dig in! Happy Holidays to you and yours!

Easy Christmas Trifle Recipe

~ Free Tip ~

Use white chocolate instant pudding mix instead of vanilla. To omit food coloring, try using pistachio pudding. 

How to Make Easy Christmas Trifle:

1. Prepare cake batter and bake in 13×9-inch pan as directed on package. Cool completely.
2. Beat pudding mixes and milk in a medium bowl with whisk for 2 minutes. Mix in green food coloring until the desired shade is reached.
3. Cut cake into 1/2-inch cubes. Layer half each of the cake, pudding, and the whipped cream in a trifle bowl. Repeat layers.
4. Decorate as desired.

Easy Christmas Trifle Recipe

Layers of red velvet cake, pudding, and whipped cream come together quickly and make this gorgeous and delicious holiday treat.

2.77 from 17 votes

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Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Prep Time: 30 minutes

Cook Time: 30 minutes

Total Time: 1 hour

Servings: 10

Calories: 243kcal

Author: Jas

Ingredients

• 1 package red velvet cake mix
• 2 packages 3.9 oz. each JELL-O Vanilla instant pudding
• 1 qt. 4 cups cold milk
• 1 tub 8 oz. whipped cream, thawed
• Green food coloring

Instructions

• Prepare cake batter and bake in 13x9-inch pan as directed on package. Cool completely.
• Beat pudding mixes and milk in a medium bowl with whisk for 2 minutes. Mix in green food coloring until the desired shade is reached.
• Cut cake into 1/2-inch cubes. Layer half each of the cake, pudding, and the whipped cream in a trifle bowl. Repeat layers.
• Decorate as desired.

Notes

~ Free Tip ~

Use white chocolate instant pudding mix instead of vanilla. To omit food coloring, try using pistachio pudding.

Nutrition

Calories: 243kcal | Carbohydrates: 36g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 9g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Cholesterol: 9mg | Sodium: 398mg | Potassium: 267mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 21g | Vitamin A: 155IU | Calcium: 172mg | Iron: 2mg

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