This Patriotic 4th of July Berry Trifle is the perfect dessert for summer! With lemon glazed angel food cake, cream cheese filling and fresh strawberries and blueberries your family and friends will be begging for seconds. We can call it a last-minute dessert. On the other hand, it is the easiest crowd-pleaser recipe you’ll ever have. Besides, the patriotic red and blue look will carry the value of the memorial day or 4th of July.
I love light and fruity desserts in the summertime. The last thing I want to do when it is hot outside, is to turn on my oven and bake.
Recipe Ingredient Notes
To make our berry trifle, you need the following ingredients:
Lemon Glaze
- ¼ cup sugar
- ¼ cup lemon juice
- ¼ cup water
- ¼ teaspoon almond extract
- 1 14-ounce prepared angel food cake
Cream Cheese Filling
- 16 ounces cream cheese, (2 8-ounce packages, softened)
- ⅔ cup sugar
- 2 cups heavy whipping cream
Fruit
- 4 cups blueberries
- 4 cups sliced strawberries
Equipment Needed
For this recipe, you only need a few simple kitchen tools. We recommend using the following equipment:
How to Make Our July Berry Trifle
This easy berries and cream trifle can be made ahead of time and kept in the fridge all day until you are ready to serve it.
- Make the lemon glaze by whisking together sugar, lemon juice and water in a saucepan over medium-high heat.
- Continue stirring until the sugar dissolves. Once the sugar is dissolved, remove from heat and whisk in almond extract.
- Cut angel food cake into slices. My slices were approximately 1-inch thick.
- Brush the lemon glaze onto both sides of each slice of angel food cake. Continue brushing the glaze on until it is completely gone.
- Cut each slice into 1-inch cubes and set aside.
- Make the cream cheese filling by beating together sugar and softened cream cheese. Once combined, add heavy whipping cream. Beat cream on medium-high speed until light, fluffy and smooth.
- After your cream is ready to go, wash the berries. Pat them dry with paper towels and slice the strawberries as desired.
- Now that the cake, cream and berries are ready to go you can assemble your berry trifle.
- Place half the angel food cake in the bottom of a trifle dish, sprinkle on an even layer of blueberries, spread half the cream cheese mixture over the blueberries and top with a layer of strawberries.
- Repeat the layers (cake, blueberries, cream and strawberries). Sprinkle any remaining fruit on top.
- Cover your trifle with plastic wrap and place in the refrigerator until serving.
Storage Tips
When you are done serving your trifle cake, top the large glass bowl with plastic wrap and keep it in the refrigerator for up to you 3-4 days. Beyond the 4th day, the angel food cake will begin to get soggy. Especially it the cake was left out at room temperature for a while.
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Patriotic Berry Trifle Recipe
Ingredients
Lemon Glaze
- ¼ cup sugar
- ¼ cup lemon juice
- ¼ cup water
- ¼ teaspoon almond extract
- 1 14 ounce prepared angel food cake
Cream Cheese Filling
- 16 ounces cream cheese, 2 (8 ounce packages). softened
- ⅔ cup sugar
- 2 cup heavy whipping cream
Fruit
- 4 cup blueberries
- 4 cup strawberries, sliced
Instructions
- To make the lemon glaze, whisk together sugar, lemon juice, and water in a saucepan over medium-high heat. Continue stirring over heat until sugar dissolves.
- Once sugar is dissolved, remove from heat and whisk in almond extract; set aside.
- Cut angel food cake into 1-inch thick slices.
- Brush lemon glaze on each side of sliced cake.
- Cut glazed cake into 1-inch cubes; set aside.
- To make the cream cheese filling, beat together cream cheese and sugar with a mixer, on medium speed, until smooth. Add heavy whipping cream and beat until light and fluffy.
- Arrange half the cake on the bottom of a trifle dish.
- Sprinkle on an even layer of blueberries.
- Spread half the cream cheese mixture over the blueberries and top with a layer of strawberries.
- Repeat layers.
- Top with any remaining berries.
- Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate before serving.
Notes
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This looks so pretty! Yummy!
I’m craving strawberries now. YUM!!!<
I just love trifles. They’re always a hit with everyone.
I totally love it! It looks so yummy…fresh and creamy. Thanks for sharing this lovely recipe:)
Hope to see you on my blog:)
I love trifles! I have one that I made for a Patriotic Holiday as well, using jello cake (in red and blue). Yum. Thanks for sharing,
Aimee
This is just beautiful, lovely flavors – refreshing and simple – I’d say that’s about perfect!
Mary
I’ve made this before and it’s delicious! Thanks for linking it up as well.
If I were having a picnic, I would so make this for Monday. It looks fabulous!
OH YUM!!!!! I LOVE trifles – and this one looks DELICIOUS!!! Thanks for joining us at Patches of Pink!
Gorgeous thanks for linking up over at POP! 🙂 hUGS X
This looks wonderful! What a great dish to take to a party. So glad you could join us at Patches of Pink.
Can you tell me why you make the sugar mixture and brush it on the cake? Wouldn’t it be fine without this step?
It just makes it extra sweet and yummy. 🙂 But yes, I think that it would be fine without this step!
What’s the longest you’ve ever let this sit before serving? I want to make it for our 4th of July family bbq tomorrow, but won’t have time to make it (we have a flag raising & ward breakfast at 6:45, kids have to be on their float at 8:30, first parade @ 9, second parade @ 11 and bbq is directly after). Will it be okay if I make it tonight?
I usually make it on the day we serve it and whatever is leftover tends to get a little soggy by the next day. I am sorry that I am getting back to you so late! Your 4th of July sounds crazy busy (but so much fun!!! I love this holiday!).
Have a great day!!
Hi I came across this dessert and im planning on making it for thanksgiving. I was wondering if I can use something else then lemon juice? This is my first time making it I am super excited cause it looks yummy. 🙂 thank you.I
As far as a substitute for lemon juice, another citric juice would work okay, like lime or orange juice. 🙂 Hope that helps!
I am making this today for the super bowl! Will be fantastic can’t wait :))
my family is very picky and most of the pople loved when i jmade this for them. BUT we have some that do not like cream cheese. if i could find a way to sub the cream cheese for something else like cool whip with out it messing it up. i am sure everybody in my big family would love this
This recipe will be a go to, however with some adjustments. Made it for a Birthday July 21st.
Adding drizzles of lemon curd over the cream layers balances out all of the flavors nicely.
I did use pound cake.
Also, heating the water, sugar, and lemon juice in the microwave saves some dishes and time.
Of course, Trifles are so versatile and flexible!
Thank you so much for sharing this one! Always love a great recipe!
We absolutely adore this recipe! My son begs me to make it weekly (no joke)! It’s so easy, looks gorgeous and is quick to make. We love it! Thanks for sharing.
Hi April. Thanks for your sweet comment. This Berry Trifle is perfect for summer. We are so glad it is your sons favorite.