Red Velvet, White, and Blueberry Cheesecake Trifle Recipe posted by Something Swanky Pin Share Tweet Email Jump to Recipe SomethingSwanky is reader-supported. When you buy through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission at no extra cost to you. Layers of sweet red velvet cake, cheesecake filling, and juicy blueberries make an easy and patriotic summertime trifle. I made this Red, White, and Blue Berry Cheesecake Trifle for Memorial Day (or the 4th of July? I can’t remember) a couple of years ago, and it’s still one of my all-time favorite summer recipes. Angel food cake, a luscious cheesecake filling, and lots of berries. SO GOOD! I decided to piggyback off that dessert and make a new red, white, and blue trifle for the 4th this year. But with red velvet instead! I’m still using the same cheesecake filling (if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it, amiright?), and we’re still adding lots of juicy blueberries. And you could definitely add strawberries too even though I didn’t this time. But instead of angel food cake, I decided to use red velvet instead! Making a beautiful trifle isn’t overwhelming at all. In fact, it’s by far one of the simplest and easiest elegant desserts you can make. Preparing each of the components on their own is easy enough, and then you can assemble the whole thing whenever you need to! One of the best things about a trifle is that it’s a great make-ahead dessert, because it’s actually a little better if it has some time to rest in the fridge before you serve it. I whipped up my cake batter using a red velvet box mix and baked it on a large jelly roll sheet. You can follow the box directions for baking, but I wanted to bake mine thinner so that I could cut stars (also because a thinner cake bakes faster– and I needed to run out the door for carpool! #storyofmylife). Anyway, feel free to use my grandmother’s homemade red velvet recipe if you’d rather not use a mix. Totally your call. And that cheesecake filling? Swoon-worthy. I guarantee you will impress anyone who takes a bite! Enjoy 🙂 Continue to Content Red Velvet, White, and Blueberry Cheesecake Trifle Yield: 8-12 Layers of sweet red velvet cake, cheesecake filling, and juicy blueberries make an easy and patriotic summertime trifle. Print Ingredients 1 red velvet cake, baked and cooled and cut into bite-sized pieces 1 pint fresh blueberries 16 ounces cream cheese 1/3 cup sugar 1/2 cup marshmallow cream 24 ounces (3 of the 8 ounce tubs) Cool Whip Instructions Beat together the cream cheese and sugar. Mix in the marshmallow cream, scraping down the sides as needed. Mix in 16 ounces of Cool Whip, reserving the remaining 8 ounce for the topping. Layer the red velvet cake pieces, the blueberries, and the cheesecake filling in a trifle dish. Top with the remaining Cool Whip and blueberries. Keep chilled until ready to serve.
I love that this is so easy! I need to get me some jars so I can hop on this jarred-desserts bandwagon.
Ummm, yes please! Although the red velvet cake batter dip was so good, I’m a little scared to make something else & stop eating that…..
I actually used a couple of different sized jars– the “standard” sized ones (I think they hold about 1 1/2 cups) and then the bigger ones (I think they hold almost 3 cups?)
Yum! I love making trifles, and individual ones look like a great idea for a party. Thanks for sharing.
Holy cow! That’s awesome. Much better than a frog in a jar. Or anything in a jar, that is. I think I need a “Something Swanky” pinboard on pinterest…
This trifle looks amazing! We just posted our very first Kitchen Fun and Crafty Friday Link Party and we would LOVE for you to stop by and link this up! http://kitchenfunwithmy3sons.blogspot.com/2012/02/kitchen-fun-and-crafty-friday-link.html
I love this! So cute! I saw this on Skip to My Lou I would love it if you would share this with our readers too for Fun Stuff Fridays! http://www.toysinthedryer.com/2012/02/14-days-of-valentines-fun-stuff-fridays_10.html
