If you’re looking for the perfect springtime dessert, look no further. This strawberry and lemon trifle is easy to put together, but will also look impressive on your Easter dinner table. The colors and the flavors are the perfect compliment to warm spring weather and bright blossoms.
how to make an easy strawberry and lemon trifle
As has become a tradition around here, this weekend I made a trifle for dessert after Easter dinner. Although I am a big fan of chocolate, I again opted for a lighter, fruity version. There’s just something about a nice, fruit-filled dessert after a heavy dinner that I find refreshing. Besides, it’s spring! Whoop-whoop for warm weather and fresh fruit galore!Â
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The inspiration for the lemon in this trifle were some lemon cookies I still had leftover from this post. I thought strawberry would be a nice flavor combination with the lemon. I didn’t want the lemon flavoring to be too overpowering, so I mixed one package of vanilla pudding with one package of lemon pudding and I really liked the result. However, if you want more of a lemon flavor then you can just use two boxes of lemon pudding.Â
In a traditional trifle the cake layers are soaked in some type of liquor, but we don’t drink. So instead I poured some homemade strawberry syrup over the chunks of strawberry cake. This made it really moist and upped the strawberry flavor in this strawberry and lemon trifle quite a bit.
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The crunch of the crushed lemon creme cookies was a really nice contrast both texture-wise and flavor-wise with the pudding and the cake layers. The balance of the flavors was really nice and I think this was the perfect ending to our Easter dinner!
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28 comments
Looks like your the trifle queen!! Love it! 🙂 And the perfect fresh dessert for spring!
I love a fresh fruit dessert especially after a big meal. This looks delicious!
This trifle looks delicious! I agree that a lighter, fruity dessert is the way to go after a big, heavy meal… but don't tell my chocoholic self that I said so!
This combo sounds amazing! Lemon and berries pair so well together!
Wow! There are so many! These look really tasty. 🙂
Omg this looks amazing!! I must try this ASAP. Thanks for sharing 🙂
I'm loving the various truffles in this post. They look delicious — especially the strawberry one!
Oh yum, this trifle looks amazing! I love that it's made with Strawberries! It's very pretty to look at, too! Thank you for sharing your recipe!
Oooh trifles are my absolute favourite so this post is AMAZING! My mom makes an incredible pear trifle that you would love!
I've never made a trifle but you've inspired me! These look so good. Especially the one with the peeps! So cute!
I know Kailei, I feel like such a traitor to my best friend, chocolate. 🙂
They really are a great flavor combo!
Haha Kassi, thanks. 🙂
Agreed. I love dessert but sometimes you're just so full after a big holiday meal. I think there's always room for trifle though. 😉
Thanks so much Kerry, you should definitely make one, so fun and yummy (and simple!).
Ohh… pear trifle sounds so good!n I love pears! Thanks for the idea!
Thanks Ashleigh! Strawberries are a fruit that all my kids love so it's perfect. 🙂
Thank you so much!
LOL, there are quite a few. 🙂 I make trifles once, maybe twice, a year and always at Easter, I don't know why!
Thanks for your sweet comment!
Oh.my.word! And now I want trifle!! I still remember the first time I had trifle, it wasn't too long ago, but long enough, I fell in love.
I need to make one.
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Thank you so much for your sweet comment! I agree, they are super good. 🙂
Oh my goodness – this looks delicious! It’s perfect for a summer treat!
This looks delicious and perfect for spring or summer!
I didn’t even know what a trifle was, but now I want one so badly! We love all things lemon.
My sister in law makes a super yummy strawberry trifle with yellow or white cake and lots of cream. It’s so good! But I love the addition of the lemon and the cookies for some added flavor and texture.
Gosh, I love a good trifle! Pinning this for later…my mops group will love this.