July 31st is Raspberry Cake Day! Celebrate with our Twice as Good Raspberry Cake Trifle!
Raspberry Cake Trifle
8-10 Servings
2 Hours
Easy
Directions:
- Preheat oven to 350° Spray 9x13 cake pan with nonstick spray.
- To make cake, combine flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Set aside.
- Mix vanilla yogurt, milk, egg, sugar, and oil. Pour wet ingredients over dry, then mix until combined. Fold in raspberries with spatula.
- Pour batter into prepared pan and bake for 25-30 minutes or until center of cake has set. Cool cake on cooling rack, then cut into large cubes.
- While cake is baking, prepare pudding. Combine egg yolks, sugar, and corn starch in a bowl.
- Heat milk in medium-sized sauce pot until steaming.
- Temper eggs by adding ¼ cup of milk at a time while constantly mixing. After half the milk is combined with eggs, return milk/egg mixture to pot. Slowly stir mixture until it begins to thicken. Pudding will be cooked when it can coat back of spoon.
- Once pudding is thick, add butter, lemon juice, vanilla paste, and salt.
- Transfer pudding to glass storage container and lightly cover with plastic wrap. Chill for 20 minutes.
- Meanwhile prepare almond mousse by whipping heavy cream to stiff peaks with hand mixer fitted with whip attachment.
- Mix almond butter, sugar, and vanilla in bowl. Fold in ¼ of whipped cream. Next, gently fold in remaining whipped cream to make almond mousse.
- Make vanilla whipped cream by whipping remaining 2 cups of cream, powdered sugar and vanilla extract to stiff peaks using hand mixer fitted with whip attachment.
- Assembly: Spoon raspberry jam into bottom of large trifle bowl, spread evenly.
- Next spread lemon pudding on top of jam, followed by an even layer of raspberry cake cubes and finally with half of whipped cream.
- Add another layer of raspberry cake and top with almond mousse.
- Finally, top with vanilla whipped cream. Garnish with crushed almonds and raspberries. Allow trifle to chill for 30 minutes to 2 hours before you serve. Enjoy!
Equipment:
9x13 Cake PanMeasuring Cups
Measuring Spoons
Spatula
Cooling Rack
Sauce Pot
Glass Storage Container
Large Trifle Bowl
Mixing Bowl
Hand Mixer
Ingredients:
Raspberry Cake:
- 2 cups All-purpose Flour
- 2 tablespoons Baking Powder
- 1 teaspoon Baking Soda
- ¼ teaspoon Salt
- 1 cup Vanilla Yogurt
- ½ cup Milk
- 1 Egg
- 1 cup Sugar
- ¼ cup Canola Oil
- 2 cups Raspberries
TAG Lemon Pudding:
- 4 Egg Yolks
- 1 cup Sugar
- 2 tablespoons Cornstarch
- 2 cups Milk
- 2 tablespoons Unsalted Butter, cold
- 1 tablespoon Vanilla Paste or Vanilla Extract
- ¼ cup Lemon Juice
- ¼ teaspoon Salt
Almond Mousse:
- 2 cups Heavy Whipping Cream
- ½ cup Vanilla Almond Butter
- ½ cup Sugar
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
Vanilla Whipped Cream:
- 2 cups Heavy Whipping Cream
- 1 cup Powdered Sugar
- 1 tablespoon Vanilla Extract
Toppings:
- 1 cup Raspberry Jam
- ¼ cup Almonds, crushed
- 1 cup Raspberries