Almost Trifle Stuffed Angel Cake

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Almost Trifle Stuffed Angel Cake

I’ll show you how to make this stunning cake. You’ll look like a professional baker with my easy to follow, step-by-step tutorial pictures on the following pages, so let’s make one together!

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Course Dessert

Cuisine Italian

Ingredients

  

• 1 store bought angel food cake  *I used a large one, about 22-26 oz.
• 14 oz. can sweetened condensed milk *can use low fat or fat free
• 3 Tbl. lemon juice
• 2 tsp almond extract
• 1 Tbl. vanilla extract
• 16 oz. prepared topping, such as Cool Whip *can use low fat or fat free   – I normally prefer fresh whipped cream, however prepared whipped cream such as cool whip holds up longer and performs better in this particular recipe
• 1 lb. fresh strawberries
• 3 oz. sliced almonds, optional

Instructions

 

• Dry toast the almonds in a fry pan over medium heat.
• Stir constantly, watching closely and take the pan off the heat as soon as the nuts begin to turn brown.
  
• In a medium mixing bowl, combine the sweetened condensed milk, lemon juice, almond extract and vanilla extract.

  Mix well.
  
• Stir in the prepared topping.
  
• Chill for 10-15 minutes.
  
• Meanwhile, using a serrated bread knife, cut 1-inch off from the top of the cake.
  
• Carefully remove the top layer and set it aside.
• Then, with the tip of the knife, cut into the cake along the inner and outer edges, leaving a 1-inch border of the cake intact; creating a tunnel.
• Using your fingers, carefully hollow out the cake between the two cuts, using care not to remove the bottom of the cake.
• Tear the hollowed out pieces into a little larger than bite sized pieces and place into a medium bowl.
  
• Hull the stems off the tops of the strawberries; cut into bite sized pieces.
  
• Set aside. 
• Pour approximately  1 – 1 1/4 cups) of the chilled whipped topping (such as cool whip) mixture into a bowl,
• Leaving the rest in another bowl.
  
• Combine together the angel food cake chunks, the cut up strawberries and the approximately one cup of the whipped cream mixture.
  
• Spoon the whipped topping and strawberry mixture into the tunnel of the cake, packing in as needed to make it level on the top.
  
• On a serving plate, put pieces of waxed paper that can be pulled out easily after the cake is decorated.
• Place the cake on top of the waxed paper pieces.
• Place the top of the angel food cake back in its place. 
• Use the remaining whipped cream mixture to frost the entire cake.
  
• Sprinkle with the cooled toasted almonds.
  
• Gingerly pull out the pieces of waxed paper for a clean area around the cake.Chill until ready to serve.
  
• Make and serve the same day. The reason to make and serve the same day is because fresh berries ‘weep’, meaning they release their own liquid; which will cause the cake to go soggy or break down.Recipe adapted slightly from butterwithasideofbread.com.
• Copyright Carrie Groneman, A Mother’s Shadow, 2014
• Recognize a blessing and be a blessing today

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Make and serve the same day. The reason to make and serve the same day is because fresh berries ‘weep’, meaning they release their own liquid; which will cause the cake to go soggy or break down.Recipe adapted slightly from butterwithasideofbread.com.

Copyright Carrie Groneman, A Mother’s Shadow, 2014

Recognize a blessing and be a blessing today