Celebrate the Red, White and Blueberry with an easy, no-bake dessert for your Star-Spangled Celebration.
Patriotic Berry Trifle is a quick and easy dessert
to celebrate the Red, White and Blueberry!
Trifle is my go-to dessert! I usually make one or two, a couple of couple times a year to send to my hubby’s office for birthdays. It’s an ideal dessert to send as it’s make-ahead, easy to assemble, and a crowd-pleaser! Best of all, no baking is required when you pick up a ready-made pound cake or angel food cake in the grocery store bakery. You can assemble it the night before or a few hours in advance.
I used a medley of strawberries, blueberries and blackberries.
More of a procedure than a recipe, it’s easy to customize your trifle to your taste with the fruit, cake flavor of your choice for any holiday or occasion. Alternate the cake and fruit layers with your choice of pudding, lemon curd, whipped cream or a combination!
For this Patriotic Berry Trifle, I started with an angel food (or use pound cake) from your grocery store bakery.
Cut your cake in cubes, layer with berries. . .
For two cups of lemon curd, I mixed (2) 8 ounce packages of light cream cheese. Use room temperature cream cheese for easier mixing. Adjust the ratio of cream cheese to lemon curd to your taste, whether you want it more cream-cheesy or more lemony.
Find an easy microwave lemon curd recipe, HERE.
Serve Stars and Stripes Berry Trifles in mason jars
for a picnic-friendly and portable dessert.
Find another easy patriotic dessert to celebrate the Red, White and Blueberry,
Star-Spangled Slab Pie, HERE.
Find 25+ Patriotic and Party Treats for your
Star-Spangled Celebration, HERE
Patriotic Berry Trifle
Equipment
- trifle bowl
Ingredients
- 1 pound cake or angel food cake cubed
- 16 oz. lemon curd
- (2) 8 oz. package cream cheese (full fat or reduced fat)
- 16 oz. tub of whipped topping Cool Whip or fresh whipped cream
- Fresh strawberries blueberries, blackberries, (rinsed and dried, strawberries sliced)
Instructions
- Start with an even layer of cubed pound cake or angel food cake in the bottom of a trifle dish or clear glass bowl.
- Spoon 1/3 of the lemon curd / cream cheese mixture onto cake.
- Add a layer of the berries, placing as many against the glass as possible for a pretty presentation.
- Top with 1/3 of the whipped cream / topping.
- Repeat with the layering twice more: cake, lemon curd mixture, berries, and whipped cream.
- Garnish top of the trifle with berries. Refrigerate for at least 2 hours before serving.
For the lemon curd /cream cheese:
- Mix two cups of lemon curd with (2) 8 ounce packages of softened cream cheese (full fat or reduced fat ). Adjust the ratio of cream cheese to lemon curd to your taste, whether you want it more cream-cheesy or more lemony.
Notes
- Use a ready-make pound cake or angel food cake from the grocery store bakery for quick and easy assembly.
- More of a procedure than a recipe, it’s easy to customize your trifle to your taste with the fruit, cake flavor of your choice for any holiday or occasion. Alternate the cake and fruit layers with your choice of pudding, lemon curd, whipped cream or a combination.
- You can assemble the night before or just a few hours in advance. If assembling the night before, garnish top with berries right before serving.
- Leftover trifle can be stored, loosely covered in the fridge, for up to 3 days, after which it will still be edible but the cake will become soggy.
- Find a recipe for easy microwave lemon curd, HERE.
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Yes please :-) This is a beautiful patriotic dessert.
That is amazing!!!!! :)
Haven’t made a trifle in forever. Yours is so gorgeous and I love the idea of mixing the lemon curd with the cream cheese! Thx for your constant inspirations!
Wish I had some of your trifle for breakfast. Looks so good and very pretty.
Have pity!!! My mouth is watering and my weight is going up! ;)
Great dessert to set off the beginning of summer! I will have to experiment with marscapone, instead of cream cheese.! Either way everyone love the “trifle!”
The dessert is so easy and so pretty, and yes, so very patriotic! Thank you, Mary, for another inspirational idea. xo
This is my kind of dessert. I like the idea of lemon curd with cream cheese. I also like Stonewall Kitchen’s which is even easier!
Instead of all whipped cream, I mix vanilla Greek yogurt and cream together. Cuts the calories but not the taste. I think adding in the lemon curd would mKe it perfect.
I’m going to have to start walking further…wow…another great dessert!! This will be on our menu…will probably have to double as good as it sounds…one for me…one for them!! franki
My mouth is actually watering!!This dessert looks yummy and lovely! Will definitely be on my July 4th menu!! Rosie @ The Magic Hutch
Oh Lordy, I am starving right now and wish I could steal a BIG scoop of this!!!! This will also be perfect for our picnic at the clubhouse on Memorial day! Love the idea od the cheesy lemon curd….YUM!!!!!!!!!!!
Family coming for Memorial Day Weekend…definitely making this fresh & light dessert. Think I’ll let the grandchildren put together the Flag inspired strawberry, cheese cubes, & blueberry tray. QUESTION: What size quilts do you use on your table? I’ve searched for square ones – so far no success. Love the homey look & feel of quilts as table covers for our round breakfast table; however, most of the quilts I have are Queen size.
Hi Grandmom! I used Full/Queen size quilts on my tables. Hope the kids enjoy assembling the flag for Memorial Day :)
Love trifles. Haven’t made one in quite a while…thanks for the reminder!
Mary, it’s fun to see the red, white, and blue as we approach the first of our patriotic summer holidays. Looks delicious!
Have a terrific weekend.
Looks delicious! I have never made it with the lemon curd, great idea!
love how you manage to make the most of your lemon curd, it pops up in the most delightful places~
~Mary~
oh How I love when you do the holidays !! I too am thinking of 4th July, but that only means summer going to fast :(
Have a fun weekend :)
Paula
IN
Looks delicious Mary! I will definitely try this with angel food cake this summer! Linda
So stunning, I bet the people at your husbands office are so spoiled with all the goodies you send them! It must be health food anyway, with all that fresh fruit! :) I have been trying to come up with something red, white and New for Memorial Day that is fast approaching. I know I could whip this up and everyone would be very happy!
Jenna
I love the idea of mixing lemon curd with cream cheese! Can’t wait to make this. Pinning!
This trifle is so pretty, Mary, and sounds delicious!! I’ve already pinned it to my Pinterest boards. :) It may sound trite, but I love to see red, white, and blue in the spring and summer. It’s just so cheerful and patriotic. This is a great recipe for Memorial Day and Fourth of July — thanks for sharing!
Big Hugs,
Denise
This is perfect for Memorial Day and so easy. Good job again!!
Your trifle looks so fun and festive – delicious, too! Thanks for sharing. :-)
This is beautiful and looks so good. We have strawberries and blueberries growing in the back yard, so I need to make this. Thanks tons for linking to Inspire Me.
This looks delicious! I would love for you share it on my Tasty Tuesday recipe link up here! Everything gets pinned and I would love to have you!
What a beautiful dessert for Memorial Day Mary! Thanks for linking up with HSH!
Sherry