Strawberry Punch Bowl Cake
You may recognize this as a “trifle” but here in the south, we call them “punch bowl cakes”. Any southern lady worth her weight in salt has at least one pretty glass punch bowl, usually reserved for this purpose.
This dessert is my husband’s absolute favorite. He wants this every year on his birthday, which is no small feat considering he was born in February. Easily made into a lowfat or lite dessert, it can actually be very diet friendly when compared to your typical dessert. I love to make it in the summertime, but it can easily be made in the winter provided strawberries are available in your grocery store, to help stave off your cold weather blues.
You will need: Angel Food Cake, Whipped Topping, Milk, Instant Vanilla Pudding, and Strawberries.
Yum yum YUM!
Ingredients
- 1 pkg Angel Food Cake
- 1 pkg 3.5 ounce instant vanilla pudding mix (this is the small box and I always use sugar free)
- 2 Cups milk (can use skim)
- 1 (8 oz) carton whipped topping
- 1 pint fresh strawberries, washed and hulled
Instructions
- Trim brown from cake. Tear cake into small pieces. Prepare pudding as directed. Fold in cool whip. Place 1/3 cake pieces in a bowl. Top with 1/3 pudding mixture and 1/2 strawberries. Repeat and top with remaining pudding mixture. Garnish with strawberry. Refrigerate.
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This is my week in DISNEY WORLD!! I have written up a series of great posts to go up while I am away. They are all part of this one special meal my mom used to make us so be sure you stay tuned to watch the meal unfold!
I will be checking in from time to time and responding to comments a little while I am away so don’t go quiet on me! I do hope you all have a wonderful week! I’ll tell Mickey “hi” for you! 
Posted by Christy Jordan
on Sep 14 2008. Filed under Cake, Dessert.
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Way jealous about you being in Disney World … one of my favorite places. Love the cake!
Christy—
I think I lost my previous comment. Darn it, I think I said it so well
I (we) got our cookbook today. Yes!!! My husband got a kick out of the autograph. Thank you for that! He spent about 1 1/2 hours on the couch going through it
page-by-page.
Regards to your mother. Some of my fondest memories of my own mother, are the two of us cooking. We used to SING—-really LOUD…..old Judy Garland songs and Mahalia Jackson.
Now there is something to scrapbook about!!
Oh yeah……GO UPSIDE DOWN at least once for me! Enjoy your vacation.
That looks wonderful! I made the Apple skillet Cake today and used tart green apples since thats what I had at the house.
Wasn’t about to go out in case Hurricane Ike got me. I wasn’t worried about Ike so much as spin off tornadoes that like to crop up… Hurricane babies, if you will.
I will make a smaller version of the punch bowl cake for the dadster. by the way.. since these emails go to your phone.. i sure hope you have it turned off.. if not.. I’m sorry.
I just love this recipe…. I havent done this one in years… might have to go out and get me some strawberries just for today!! Hope your having a great time and wave to Mickey for me!!!!!
Very simple and yummy!
Have a great time at Disney..or as my husband and I call it at home “The Mouse”…we speak of Disney in code so my kids dont know that we are talking about it! LOL
Christy that is beautiful. I have a brand new punch bowl as a gift from a friend. Actually its a cake stand that reverses into a punch bowl. I think i want this for my birthday as well. But knowing me i cant wait that long so i will be making this really soon. I love cool whip and pudding mixed together its just heaven in a bowl. I wish i had known about this recipe earlier, we have family coming in town today and this would of been perfect. I hope you are having a great time.
Hi there. This sounds really good.:) I will have to try this. It sounds pretty easy to make.:) Hope you are having a blast.:)
Sharon:)
YUM YUM YUMMMMMMM!!!!!!!!
bayou belles
Hey! You know, we met a security guy from LA yesterday and as soon as I heard him speak I had to look at his badge to see where he was from because in my mind I thought “He talks normal!” LOL! I seriously doubt anyone in the rest of the world feel that way about our accents but still….
Thank you!! WIsh you were here, too!!
Scraphag: I will tell Mama you said, Hi! Our family has a tendency to break out in song at the oddest moments! We all sing pretty much all the time and no one thinks anything of it! Good thing there aren’t any critics among us!
I am so glad he liked the autograph, I am even more thrilled that you could decipher my chicken scratch writing!!! I am really horrible but my mother writes soooooooo pretty! makes me sick! LOL
billgent Hey! I have my phone turned off when I am in the parks because I have an overwhelming desire to check email every time it vibrates to let me know I have a new one! I turn it on the moment we leave though and am THRILLED when I have comments from y’all to read!!!
I am so glad you got to make the skillet cake, how did it turn out? Most of my recipes (except the apple pie) you can use any old apple you find around!
EEK! I have to run, we are trying to get to one of the parks early this morning so Katy can meet Lightning McQueen first thing!! I ‘ll write more during her nap and I have some cute pics to post as well as some recipes!
I love y’all!
Christy
Hey Cee! I gave Mickey a big old kiss for you just this morning! We are having a blast! Hope you are having a great week, too!
Leslie: Get something cookin’, I’m stopping by for dinner! Hehe!
If I lived here, I’d be just ruined! I love this place. My goodness at the heat, though! I am from Bama, so its not much different – but y’all aren’t kidding with the whole “Sunshine State” thing, are ya?
Tina: I LOVE cool whip and pudding mixed together!!!!! One of these days, Im going to make just that for me!!
Hope you are enjoying your family!
SJS: It is awful easy, If you get to try it let me know!!! So glad you are reading! THANK YOU!
The FIRST Apple skillet cake was not so good.. seeing as how I have both Self-Rising and Regular flour in my cabinet..well.. guess which one I used the first time.. yup. I have a apple flavored front door mat if anyone interested….
I wasn’t gonna tell you since everyone is gonna know how hopelessly dimwitted I am when It comes to cooking lol!
I made a second Butterfinger cake today. It’s amazing.
One thing I wanna say.. do NOT use the Hersheys Caramel topping in the plastic squeeze bottle, like I did the first time. It’s too thin and will make the cake soggier than normal… yeah I wasn’t gonna tell ya that either.. dang it. ROFL.
I have a suggestion.. I’ll make one of your recipes everyday.. then I can tell everyone what NOT to do.
ATTENTION PEOPLE OF THE EARTH!
Christy takes a photograph of ALL her ingredients.. They are obviously there for a reason…it’s for people like me who go..
“Oh.. this corrugated cardboard is all wavy lookin like Lasagna noodles.. I’ll use it instead!”
Sigh..
oh well..we have to remember, the defeats make the victories sweeter, such is life.
Now Bill, I’ll be the first to stand up for your cooking any day! Your heart is in it and thats all it takes. I’d also be willing to eat anything at all that came out of your oven, even if it was literally corrugated cardboard with spaghetti sauce. I bet it would be THE BEST corrugated cardboard with spaghetti sauce I had ever had!!!
And if you ever have any questions at all, just shoot me an email!! Normally I am right by my comp at home and can email back very quickly. You are, truly, one of my favorite readers!!
Christy
That looks really good….think it would be okay with pound cake? We kinda like that better than angel food. Maybe cause it’s loaded with BUTTER but who knows??
Thank you, Julie!
And I think it would be AWESOME with pound cake!!! Then again, what isn’t?????????
hehe
Christy
Hi Elaine here , made the punch bowl cake sat, and took it to a picnic where it was LOVED by all !! this one is definaltely a keeper , going to make it again soon !! Have no problems making this and taking it anywhere !!
Well I was going to make this today for my family. But i just got confirmation that MIL is coming in town with my sister in law. Hmmm guess i am going to wait and make this in a couple days when they arrive so i can WOW them. Ü I will let you know how it goes.
Superior recipe…plan on making it lite as I am a diabetic. This will be a treat I can have in moderation. I can also make this for my christian home group when I have snacks for the night.
I make this recipe only use pineapple tidbits (drained of course) as well as the strawberries. It is AWESOME! I love your website and have used it many times as I try to widen my cooking skills (I especially loved the chicken tenderloins that taste like Cracker Barrel’s) and love that you show step by step what the recipes will look like as we cook them. You’re great! Thanks so much for putting your time and effort into this website!
you know what i really love about all your receipts ingredients
not only are they simply also they all cam be found at my favorite
store wal-mart… you see i have gotten some receipts over years
that i had to run from market to market looking for items and as you
well know every store pricing are different. for which could really
add up (I’ve sometimes said to self i should have just gone to bakery…lol) well my daughter one day use my computer to look up
southern plate and found you apond her leaving she said I’ve found
a website where you shop and bake under one umbrella…. again thank you.
I am so happy I accidentally found your website! I love your cooking and baking ideas and I plan on using some of your delicious creations. I’m going to make your punch bowl cake for my sister’s house warming party, i’ll let you know how it comes out.
Thanks for sharing
Coco.
I just had to come back and tell you that I made your punch bowl cake and it was a smash! I went to the store to get more ice, I was gone about 45 minutes and the cake was GONE when I returned! I guess that means it was a smash and everyone told me it was great! Thanks soooo much! I cant wait to try more of your goodies!
Christy, I just happened across your site today and love it! I made your Strawberry Punch Bowl Cake today and it’s delicious!! Many thanks for sharing!
For a patriotic look use one layer of strawberries or raspberries and one layer of blueberries. Great for 4th of July picnics or bbqs.
I love this receipe. For a added touch I also added fresh Blueberries
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I used to do this recipe exactly how stated here, but then one time substituted vanilla pudding with cheesecake pudding. It is FABULOUS!
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The BEST recipe description EVER! I’m working on it now. Thanks.
oh wow, Thank you so much!!! I hope you enjoy it as much as we do!
Gratefully,
Christy
Do you think it would work with chocolate pudding?
This looks like one of the yummiest things I’ve ever seen. Chances are good I’ll have a trifle bowl under the Christmas tree and if I do, I’m considering making a version of this with canned peaches instead of strawberries since it’s the middle of winter in the middle of Alaska and we don’t have a lot of strawberries around!
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I made this for Easter lunch and it was loved by all – even my husband who thinks he only likes the real thing – SUGAR! Wonderful for those who don’t need / or can’t have sugar! Thanks Christy!
I ran across this site and I tell you I am happy about it. I made the punch bowl cake for our annual prayer luncheon and it was a big hit. I am planning on making it for my grandchildren’s luncheon on this Saturday. I love the fact that you make it easy by showing the steps and how it should look. God Bless You.