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strawberry-almond shortcake triffle

knish avatar
Recipe by
Helaine Norman
@knish
Sunrise, FL

So good it is hard to believe how low fat and low carb it is! Be sure to add little sugar or non-sugar sweetener to the fresh strawberries, and chill them in the fridge several hours. The juice it creates is necessary to sink into the cake.

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yield 10 to 12
method Refrigerate/Freeze

Ingredients For strawberry-almond shortcake triffle

  • 1 1/4 c
    fat free milk (or non-dairy milk like almond milk)
  • 1 pkg
    (4 serving size) jell-o vanilla fat free sugar free instant pudding & pie filling
  • 4 Tbsp
    orange juice, divided
  • 1/8 tsp
    ground or powdered nutmeg
  • 1
    tub (8 ounces) cool whip lite topping, thawed
  • 1 pkg
    (13.6 ounces) fat free pound cake or angel food cake (or make your own)
  • 3 c
    strawberries, halved
  • 1/4 c
    sliced almonds, toasted

How To Make strawberry-almond shortcake triffle

  • 1
    In advance: Be sure to add little sugar or non-sugar sweetener to the fresh strawberries, and chill them in the fridge several hours. The juice it creates is necessary to sink into the cake. ------- Pour cold milk into large bowl. Add pudding mix, 2 Tbsp orange juice and nutmeg. Beat with wire whisk 1 minute. Gently stir in whipped topping.
  • 2
    Slice cake horizontally into 4 layers. Cut into 1-inch cubes (or tear into bite size pieces). Sprinkle cake layers evenly with remaining 2 Tbsp orange jice. Place 1/2 the cake cubes in bottom of 2 1/2 Qt. straight-sided bowl. Spoon 1/2 the pudding mixture over cake cubes. Top with strawberries and almonds (reserving several for garnish). Sprinkle remaining cake cubes and pudding mixture over almonds. Top with reserved strawberries and almonds.
  • 3
    Refrigerate until ready to serve. Store leftover dessert in fridge.
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