Low Fat Trifle Recipe: Angel Food Cake, Berries, and Pudding Mousse

[dwyerkim]

I am doing a low fat/calorie trifle tonight for a show. I have angel food cake, 2 pts of strawberries, a pt of raspberries, a package of sugar free cheesecake pudding plus skim milk, and 2 8 oz cool whips. I plan to do two layers of cake, top the cake with berries, then the pudding mixture. I want to make a pudding mouse, so how to mix? I'm thinking the package of pudding with 1 cup milk, fold in 8 oz of cool whip? I would then use the other package of cool whip to decorate the top.l Does that sound about right? Any ideas? Some of the other recipes i've looked at use two boxes of pudding... which I dont' have but could get if it is a must.

 

[jenniferknapp]

Yep that is perfect! I fold cool whip in to my pudding for trifles quite a bit. And I do 1 in the pudding and leave the 2nd for the top (decorate with the EAD of course!)And save a few berries to garnish the top!

 

[chefheidi2003]

I think that that should work. I think the other ones taht call for 2 boxes of pudding also tell you to fold in 16 oz so I think that since you are only going to fold in 8 oz 1 box should be good enough.

 

[dwyerkim]

Thanks for the quick responses! I think I will try and cut strawberries in half and line the bowl with strawberry "hearts". I also should go snip some mint from my garden for a garnish along with a few berries! Thanks for the reassurance... I just discovered (duh on me for not checking) that this woman's house is a lot farther from mine than I thought so I am a little less than thrilled... so good to know my dessert won't flop!

 

[janetupnorth]

Thanks for the quick responses! I think I will try and cut strawberries in half and line the bowl with strawberry "hearts". I also should go snip some mint from my garden for a garnish along with a few berries! Thanks for the reassurance... I just discovered (duh on me for not checking) that this woman's house is a lot farther from mine than I thought so I am a little less than thrilled... so good to know my dessert won't flop!

I always demo the core 'n more to take out the tops and then slice them in the egg slicer...that always sells a few egg slicers....

 

[BethCooks4U]

I always demo the core 'n more to take out the tops and then slice them in the egg slicer...that always sells a few egg slicers....

And don't forget to make a fanned strawberry for a granish. Leave the green top on the strawberry and put it on the egg slicer with the green down, then slice almost all the way through the strawberry leaving the last bit intact. Take it out of the slicer and spread the slices out to make a fan shape. It always gets a wow!

 

[jenniferknapp]

Do not decorate the top with the cool whip until you get there....or else it will melt! I always do that as part of my demo (I do an entire recipe on top of a dessert).....then fan a strawberry or grate some chocolate on top (depending on what I'm making)

 

[dwyerkim]

Yeah, I'm saving the assembly until we get there (esp. since I have at least a one hour drive in traffic, sigh). I made the mouse, ripped up most of the cake, and washed and sliced all but 5 strawberries. At the show I will have them use the spinner to wash the raspberries, cut up the rest of the cake with the bread knife, use the core and more and slicer on the berries, and use the EAD to add the cool whip to the top. Maybe I will grab a few chips and demo the microplane grater...thanks for the ideas!