My best friend from college sent a recipe around to a group of us recently that I think is just too good not to share. It is a slightly modern taken on a classic trifle (because they didn't have Cool Whip when trifles were first being constructed), that retains appealing traces of a 1950's ladies' luncheon. I can just imagine it being spooned out into footed glass bowls and garnished with a sprig of mint. It's also the type of dessert that if you ate the whole thing by yourself, you wouldn't need to worry, as it's mostly fruit, yogurt and air.
Heavenly (enter fruit here) Trifle
1 angel food cake
2 containers of raspberry yogurt (6 or 8 oz each - can use light version)
8 oz. container of Cool Whip* (fat free if you want)
6 oz. can of sliced peaches in juice (not heavy syrup)
sliced fruit - I often use strawberries and kiwis in the middle and then decorate with strawberries, kiwi, peaches and/or blueberries on top
The rest of the instructions are after the jump.
*Most of the time I would be disdainful of Cool Whip, as I can be something of a food snob, but somehow, it just seems right in this recipe.
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The rest of the instructions are after the jump.
*Most of the time I would be disdainful of Cool Whip, as I can be something of a food snob, but somehow, it just seems right in this recipe.
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Cut angel food cake into 1-inch pieces. Reserve a couple slices of the peaches, and dice the rest. Combine the diced peaches, cool whip and yogurt in medium bowl. In a trifle bowl (or bowl that has a flat bottom), put one layer of the angel food cake down, then layer about 1/3 of the yogurt/cool whip/peach mixture, slightly pressing down on the angel food cake. Repeat: layer of angel food cake and yogurt mixture. Then put a layer of fruit - sliced strawberries and/or kiwis. Then layer with angel food cake followed by the remaining yogurt mixture. Decorate the top with sliced fruit, including the sliced peaches you saved. Refrigerate for a couple hours - it is best when it's had time to set.
This can be divided into two smaller bowls if you want. It's also really great the next day - the flavors soak in. And very yummy for breakfast! Enjoy.
9-21-2007 @4:47PM RobynT said... mmm... what about fresh peaches?
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9-21-2007 @5:15PM Marisa McClellan said... I'm sure you can use fresh peaches, I was merely reporting the recipe as written. Feel free to take it and make it your own.
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9-22-2007 @8:52AM Angela said... Trifles make beautiful presentations; I serve individual ones when I have company.
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9-24-2007 @10:16AM MJ said... Heres a another great one and a sight to behold
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9-27-2007 @6:30PM Victoria said... I cannot see or hear about a trifle without thinking of that Friends episode, where Rachel makes the trifle with custard, fruit and a layer of beef sauteed with peas and onions. One of my favorite quotes from the entire series: "It tastes like feet!"
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9-24-2007 @1:05PM Marisa McClellan said... That's a moment that we quote in my family quite often as well. I love it when she starts to describe what's in it and goes from cream and jam to beef sauteed with peas and onions. Friends, despite the decline it experienced in the later years, had some really great moments.
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