📋 No Bake Black Forest Trifle Recipe

Easy Black Forest Trifle in a clear glass trifle bowl with a black cloth background

5 from 5 votes

📋 No Bake Black Forest Trifle Recipe

This easy, NO BAKE, 5 ingredient Black Forest Trifle recipe makes a great last minute dessert and is perfect for summer or anytime of the year! It's also great for feeding a crowd or bringing along to a potluck!

Course Dessert

Cuisine American, British, Canadian

Keyword black forest, chocolate, trifle

Special Diet Vegetarian

Prep Time 30

Total Time 30

Servings people

Calories 24kcal

Author Terri Gilson

Equipment

Ingredients

12 -99g containers of prepared chocolate pudding * they come in 4 packs called 'Snack packs' (this is equivalent to 5 cups )
2 -300g chocolate loaf cake or pound cake * if you can't find this, you can use a defrosted frozen McCain's deep and delicious cake with the frosting scraped off
2 tablespoon + 2 teaspoon kirsch * optional
2 -540 ml - can of cherry pie filling
1 -473 ml container whipping cream
2 tablespoon white granulated sugar

Garnish

½ ounce shaved chocolate
cocktail cherries (with stems) -optional

US Customary - Metric

Instructions

Break cake into pieces and add half to the base of trifle bowl.
Then add half of the pudding (6 containers)
Mix the kirsch with the cherries, if using.
Add half the cherries on top of the pudding
Repeat
Cover with saran wrap or Glad Press n' Seal and refrigerate.
Before serving (or in advance), beat whipping cream to soft peaks, add the white granulated sugar and then beat to stiff peaks.
Add whipped cream to the top of the trifle.

Garnish

Shave chocolate, as shown.
Garnish with shaved chocolate
Add maraschino cocktail cherries, if desired.
Refrigerate after adding whipped cream if not serving immediately.

Notes

Storage:

- Make-ahead: You can make this recipe a day in advance, but do NOT put the whipping cream on it until just prior to serving (or no more than a couple of hours before). The trifle can be stored in the trifle dish covered in plastic wrap, but the whipped cream should be stored in a separate container.

- Leftovers: Store leftovers in a sealed container in the fridge for up to 3 days.

Top Tip:

If you can't find a loaf cake or premade chocolate cake in the bakery section of your local grocery store, you can use a defrosted frozen McCain's Deep and Delicious cake with the frosting scraped off!

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