Chocolate Cherry Trifle
This Chocolate Cherry Trifle is easy to make because you start with some ready-made ingredients: chocolate cake mix, canned cherry pie filling, whipped topping, and canned vanilla frosting. So all you really have to do is put it all together.
Because of the way the ingredients are layered, every serving you dish out of the bowl has all the flavors mixed together: rich chocolate cake, luscious cream, and sweet-tart cherries. It’s a rich, sweet dessert that tastes like a lot more trouble than it really was.
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It’s a great dessert for your holiday table, and its cheery red color makes it perfect for Valentine’s Day, too.
Chocolate Cherry Trifle
- 1 box dark chocolate cake mix, prepared
- 2 cans cherry pie filling
- 1 small tub whipped dessert topping
- 2 cans vanilla frosting
- maraschino cherries for garnish
- Bake the cake according to package instructions in a 13×9 pan, let cool.
- To make the cherry cream:
Use an electric mixer to whip the cans of frosting in a large bowl. Add half can cherry pie filling and mix again. Fold in half the whipped dessert topping. - Assemble the trifle:
- Cut the cake down the middle and across into equal rectangle sections, about 10-12. Place half the cake into the bottom of your trifle dish and lightly press down.
- Spoon half of the cherry cream onto the cake and spread out evenly. Layer the rest of the cherries, then cake. Lightly press down.
- Top with remaining cherry cream and garnish as desired.
- I like to refrigerate this trifle for an 1 hour before serving, but this is optional can be served immediately.
Chocolate Cherry Trifle
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Ingredients
- 1 box dark chocolate cake mix prepared
- 2 cans cherry pie filling
- 1 small tub whipped dessert topping
- 2 cans vanilla frosting
- maraschino cherries for garnish
Instructions
- Bake the cake according to package instructions in a 13x9 pan, let cool.
- To make the cherry cream:
- Use an electric mixer to whip the cans of frosting in a large bowl. Add half can cherry pie filling and mix again. Fold in half the whipped dessert topping.
- Assemble the trifle:
- Cut the cake down the middle and across into equal rectangle sections, about 10-12. Place half the cake into the bottom of your trifle dish and lightly press down.
- Spoon half of the cherry cream onto the cake and spread out evenly. Layer the rest of the cherries, then cake. Lightly press down. Top with remaining cherry cream and garnish as desired.
- I like to refrigerate this trifle for an 1 hour before serving, but this is optional can be served immediately.
Nutrition
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