Secret Recipe Club: Individual Lemon Berry Trifles
Ugh Monday totes snuck up on me this week. I had such a great and productive weekend but I swear productive =fly by.
The only thing getting me going today is the fact the it's Secret Recipe Club reveal day...yay!
I really love being a part of this series because it introduces me to new blogs, I've made new blog friends, and it's always so exciting to see who had my blog on a given month and which recipe they chose to make. Each month, The Secret Recipe Club, founded by the lovely Amanda, pairs a blogger with another blog. The blogger then chooses one recipe to cook or bake and reveals it as a surprise on a designated day. So fun!
This month I was given Big Bear's Wife as my blog from which to choose a recipe. I was thrilled because Angie is also the hostess for our group, Group C! She is always lovely and so helpful...and her blog is absolutely delicious. When I came across her recipe for a strawberry and blueberry trifle, I couldn't get it out of my head. With all of the gorgeous weather we've been having so early in the year (save for yesterday and today), all I can do is daydream about summertime, laying by the pool, attending barbecues with friends and family...and dining on fresh, light desserts, like berry trifles.
While Angie had made one large trifle, I didn't really have an occasion for that, so instead, I made some individual trifles for Shaun and me to have this week! I love having things pre-portioned for easy access and keeping a limit on over eating. I simply covered them tightly with plastic wrap and they will be ready to go for a post-dinner treat tonight!
Individual Lemon Berry Trifles
*Adapted from Big Bear’s Wife
Makes 4 small trifles
1 box angel food cake mix
1 lemon, juiced and zested
2 C strawberries
1 C blueberries
½ tub fat-free Cool Whip
Prepare cake according to package directions, stirring in the juice and zest (about 1 Tbsp) of one lemon before baking. Let cool completely and cut into cubes. If you are in a pinch, simply purchase a premade angel food cake and cut into cubes, which will work just as nicely.
In four small glasses, layer some angel food cake cubes, then Cool Whip, then strawberries, then cake, then Cool Whip, then blueberries. (Or in any order you prefer!) Serve chilled with a long spoon.
You will have lots of cake leftover. I simply cut the entire thing into cubes and froze what I didn't use for a future recipe!
So there you have it.
This recipe really couldn't be any simpler and you'd be hard-pressed to find a healthier dessert!
So what do you think?
What simple, healthy desserts are you loving lately?
Are you getting any summery cravings as of late?
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Rachel, a wonderful post!!! And another that I'm thinking my daughter will love to make. You both seem to have very similar taste. We spent some time together browsing your blog over spring break and she found so many things that she loved!! It's truly a pleasure to get to know you better, we have visited before so you weren't totally new to us, and she loves that you have things "other than food". I think you have a new 12 year old fan!!
Your pictures are AMAZING in this post! I love seeing how beautiful your blog has become over the years
omg these look amazing!!! totally what i would have picked!
I love that you chose this one!!! It's one of my favorites! I also love it that you made them in little dishes! That's one thing I love about trifle recipes, you can make a big one or a bunch of mini ones! Beautiful photos!
These look marvelous! A great choice...spring and lemon are one in the same to me!! Great SRC choice.
Its a trifle that I don't have one of these to face plant into right now!
these look fantastic + i love that you made them individual rather than one big one. cute idea!
I think trifles are the perfect dessert, and I never met anyone who didn't love them. Great recipe choice. I love that you made them individual. Just perfect!
you are hands down amazing my friend! Those trifles look out of this world delicious and beautiful
Love the photo's. These look really yummy.
Love this dessert! Definitely nice and summery. I like how you made them into individual servings too!
Mmmm I love how simple and healthy those look! What a perfect summery dessert. Great pick for SRC! :)
YOur photos look amazing. I loved this salad...
these triffles sound so good and so summery! so cute as individual triffles rather than a big one!
Love this idea - so fun!
Delicious AND beautiful. Love this pick, I usually make chocolate trifle, but not really for me. I bet I would like this fruity one much more.
Group C is Great!
I love trifles and the flavors in yours are some of my favorites!
Oh these trifles look amazing!! I want one right now. :) I was fortunate to meet Angie at Food Blog Forum last month at Disney. She's super nice, and I enjoyed getting to know her better.
Stopping by from SRC!
Denise @ Creative Kitchen
Now these look beyond scrumptious and what a great idea to make them individual sized. Love that! I am so glad I found your blog via SRC - will have to take a look around :)
YUM...this is my kind of baking and just screams summer!! Great choice...glad to be in SRC Group C with ya!
That is my kind of dessert! They are so cute in the individual sizes too.
Simple AND healthy? This is a winner in my book and getting pinned to my pintrest! Great selection!
oh wow, great pick, that dessert looks AMAZING! your pictures are beautiful as well :)
I love these individualized! And I definitely hear you about Mondays sneaking up...how does that always happen?!
Love this lemon berry trifle, love berries!