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[Life: Make] Homemade Trifle

I recently discovered this dessert and have become an addict. Easy to make (i.e., impossible to burn and you can buy the premade cake if you really want to go easy) and sooo delicious. Bonus points that it makes for a good presentation if you are having guests over.

Ingredients

• 2 (9ish inch) white cake or sponge cake layers, baked and cooled (I like to mix it up, either work)
• 2 boxes of strawberries
• 3 white peaches
• 1/4 cup white sugar
• 1 pint fresh blueberries
• 2 bananas
• 1/4 cup orange juice
• 1 (3ish ounce) package instant vanilla pudding mix
• 2 cups milk
• 1 cup heavy whipping cream
• 1/4 cup blanched slivered almonds

Directions

1. Slice strawberries and peaches and sprinkle them with sugar. Cut the bananas into slices and toss with orange juice. Combine pudding mix with milk and mix until smooth. Cut the cake into 1 inch cubes.
2.  Use half of the cake cubes to line the bottom of a glass bowl (or multiple bowls if you’re doing individual servings). Layer half of the strawberries followed by half of the blueberries, half of the peaches, and then half of the bananas. Spread half of the pudding over the fruit. Repeat layers in the same order.
3. In a bowl, whip the cream and spread over top of trifle. Garnish with slivered almonds.