Day 17 - Paula Dean's Strawberry Shortcake Trifle

This is a delicious dessert and when I say delicious I mean really, really, REALLY fattening (I didn't even look at the calories on it for fear of what they said).  I made this dessert around Christmas time for a dessert exchange party and the next day this is what I found:

THAT'S how I knew it was good!  If you knew my hubby at all you'd understand...he's not really a sweets person at all but he sure did devour this.  

I altered Paula's recipe to fit our likings.  Instead of the Angel Food cake I used a yellow box cake mix.  Then instead of using a glaze for the strawberries, I just used strawberries only.  And lastly, for the white filling layer, I used 1 tub cool whip, 1 box cream cheese and 1 c. sugar (from my mom's strawberry pretzel dessert!).

Here's the link to the original posting:

http://pinterest.com/pin/186617978279045724/

Bake your cake as directed on the box.  Let it cool. 

Meanwhile, make your white filling mix.  Blend 1 tub of cool whip, 1 brick of cream cheese and 1 c. sugar.  

To assemble, layer with cut up pieces of your cake, white filling and strawberries.  Repeat.  Enjoy!