This Lemon Berry Trifle is made up of a homemade Greek Yogurt Lemon Cake, vanilla pudding, whipped cream and piles of fresh berries! It is the perfect summer dessert! Includes step by step recipe video
I know, I know — lemon and berries?!? No surprise here!
Lemon with fresh summer berries is one of my all time favorite combinations, I just can’t decide if I want to start with this Overnight Lemon French Toast, this No Bake Lemon Cheesecake, or these Baked Lemon Blueberry Doughnuts. And while we’re at it, let’s make sure this Lemon Raspberry Icebox Cake hits the table as well.
What I love about trifles (though I guess you’d never know because this is the very first ever trifle recipe here on The Recipe Rebel!), is that they’re so easy and yet so impressive.
You can use a cake mix, boxed pudding and Cool Whip if you want. Or you can go all out, make the cake, and pudding and whipped cream from scratch. Have a dry cake sitting around that isn’t all that great on its own? Smother it in some pudding, whipped cream and fresh fruit to rejuvenate it and no one will ever know (I promise).
For this Lemon Berry Trifle recipe I used my favorite Lemon Bundt Cake recipe. It is perfect and so moist — I fed it to my family and they inhaled it willingly without any toppings!
The recipe makes a pretty large cake, so if you only want a small trifle, feel free to stick half of the cake in the freezer for another use (as a whole or cubed for another trifle). You will feel like a rockstar the next time you need to bring a dessert somewhere but don’t have hours to spend making something! I swear the freezer is my best friend most days. I fill that baby up with all kinds of goodies!
Lemon Berry Trifle Recipe
written by Ashley Fehr
Ingredients
Lemon Cake
- ¼ cup butter, melted
- 1¼ cups granulated sugar (250 grams)
- 3 large eggs
- ½ cup plain 0% Greek yogurt
- ¼ cup fresh lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 ½ cups all purpose flour (188 grams)
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- zest of 2 lemons
Assembly
- 2 (4 serving size) packages instant vanilla pudding
- 4 cups milk
- 3 cups fresh berries
- 1½ cups sweetened whipped cream
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees and grease a 9×13" pan
- In a large bowl, whisk together butter and sugar.
- Add eggs, yogurt, lemon juice and vanilla and whisk until smooth. Add flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and zest and stir just until combined.
- Pour batter into prepared pan and bake for 20-30 minutes, until a toothpick comes out clean. Allow to cool completely.
- To make the trifle: Remove the cake from the pan and cut into cubes. Place half of the cake cubes in the bottom of a trifle dish or glass bowl.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together vanilla pudding mix and milk until smooth. Pour half over the cake in the dish. Top with half of the berries.
- Repeat layers one more time, using remaining cake, pudding and berries. Top with whipped cream. Refrigerate until chilled and set, about 1-2 hours and serve.
Notes
- Cake: you can absolutely use a cake mix to make this recipe simpler if you like!
- Pudding mix: use lemon pudding mix for more lemon flavor, or stick with vanilla for a lighter flavor.
- Berries: use any kind of berries you like! If they’re not in season, you can make a simple strawberry sauce to use in the layers.
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Cassie says
Hello, I’d like to use your Greek Yogurt Lemon Bunt Cake for a trifle I’m making and I see the recipe you have here for it and the recipe it’s self have different amounts for the flour and yogurt and so forth. Are they different recipes or is one cut down? Should I use this one if I plan to make a trifle? Is it denser?
https://www.thereciperebel.com/greek-yogurt-lemon-bundt-cake-recipe-video/
Thank you!
Ashley Fehr says
You can use either, I would just follow the instructions for the cake right through whichever recipe you choose
Agness of Run Agness Run says
This is how my perfect treat looks like! Delicious and healthy snack, Ashley!
marcie says
I love trifles Ashley, especially this lemony berry version! That cake sounds amazing and I hope to try it soon!
Ashley Fehr says
Thanks Marcie! We love how easy they are!
Gayle @ Pumpkin 'N Spice says
I love trifles for the exact same reason, they’re easy to make and doesn’t cost a ton of money to buy the ingredients! What a pretty trifle, Ashley! Whenever I see trifles like this, I automatically think of summer. Love that you made your own lemon cake, too. This looks so perfect for the season!