Strawberry Banana Trifle

This strawberry banana trifle is as delicious as it is beautiful with its layers of fresh strawberries, angel food cake, banana pudding, and cream! This post contains an affiliate link.

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Angel food cake with fresh strawberries and cream is my all-time favorite dessert recipe, closely followed by banana cream pudding (the layered kind with Nilla wafers). It was only fitting to combine the two flavors in this yummy strawberry BANANA trifle.

Strawberry Banana Trifle

Layers of angel food cake, fresh strawberries, and a mixture of whipped cream and banana pudding. You can add banana slices to the layers if you’d like, but I only added a few on top as a garnish. Trifle desserts sound fancy, but are actually super easy to make.

CAN YOU MAKE BERRY TRIFLE IN ADVANCE?

This strawberry trifle makes 12 delicious servings. The best part about trifles? They taste just as good, if not better, on day 2 so they are great to make ahead and the leftovers are just as yummy.

Best Trifle Bowl for Desserts

I bought this trifle bowl a couple of years ago and absolutely love it. I like that it doesn’t have a stand on it which makes it much more practical for everyday use. It works great as a salad and punch bowl, too. Did I mention that it comes with a lid? Perfect for storing leftovers. Everything I make looks simply stunning in it!

If you don’t have a trifle bowl you can make this in a 9×13 baking dish, large glass bowl or make individual trifles in small plastic cups like I did in this post (there’s a photo at the end showing individual trifle cups).

ANGEL FOOD CAKE FOR TRIFLE

The decision to make your own cake or buy one is entirely up to you. I sometimes make mine using a boxed mix, but this time I bought one from the bakery section at my grocery store. If you make a boxed angel food cake you’ll probably only use 3/4 of the cake (the storebought ones in the bakery are smaller so you’ll use the entire cake if you purchase one of those). You can also make this with pound cake.

Strawberry Banana Trifle Ingredients

• 1 angel food cake: store-bought or homemade.
• 1 (3.4 ounce) box of instant banana cream pudding
• 1 1/2 cups milk
• 16 ounces Cool whip (or whipped cream)
• 2 pounds fresh strawberries, sliced (reserve some to put on the top of the trifle before serving)
• 1 banana

How To Make Strawberry Banana Pudding Trifle

• Cut the cake into bite-sized pieces.
• Beat milk and 1 box of instant vanilla pudding mix in a bowl. Fold in 16 ounces of regular or light whipped cream.
• Spoon 1/3 of the pudding mixture into your trifle dish.
• Add a layer of sliced strawberries.

• Add half of the cake cubes.
• Repeat with another layer of pudding, strawberries, the rest of the cake, and end with the rest of the pudding mixture.
• Refrigerate trifle 1-2 hours before serving for best results. The fruit juices, cream, and pudding soak into the cake allowing everything to meld and become soft.

Top with more sliced strawberries and a slice banana before serving.

Strawberry Banana Trifle Recipe

Strawberry Banana Trifle

This strawberry banana trifle is as delicious as it is beautiful with its layers of fresh strawberries, angel food cake, banana pudding, and cream!

5 from 1 vote

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Prep Time: 20 minutes minutes

Chill: 1 hour hour

Total Time: 1 hour hour 20 minutes minutes

Servings: 12

Calories: 180kcal

Equipment

• trifle bowl
• mixing bowl
• spoon

Ingredients

• 1 angel food cake homeamde or store bought
• 1 3.4 oz. instant banana pudding mix
• 1 1/2 cups milk
• 16 oz. light whipped topping (Cool Whip)
• 2 lbs. fresh strawberries sliced
• 1 banana sliced (for garnish)

Instructions

• Cut angel food cake into 1" bite-sized pieces.
• Beat pudding mix and milk with a hand mixer until smooth in a large mixing bowl. Fold in whipped topping with a rubber spatula.
• Spoon 1/3 pudding mixture into bottom of trifle bowl.
• Add a layer of sliced strawberries.
• Add 1/2 of the angel food cake cubes.
• Add 1/3 pudding mixture followed by another layer of strawberries.
• Add remaining angel food cake cubes.
• Spread with remaining pudding mixture.
• Chill 1-2 hours.
• Add sliced strawberries and a sliced banana on top of the trifle before serving.

Notes

If you don't like cool whip you can use heavy whipping cream with a bit of powdered sugar added to it. Beat heavy cream and sugar in a stand mixer with a whisk attachment on medium-high speed until soft peaks form. Add 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract.

Nutrition

Calories: 180kcal