English Trifle - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 pkg. yellow cake mix
16 oz. frozen strawberries, halved and thawed
2 c. vanilla pudding
1 c. chilled whipping cream
1/4 c. sugar
1/4 c. toasted, slivered almonds

Preparation

Bake cake mix in 13 x 9 x 2-inch pan.
Cut cake crosswise in half.
(Freeze 1/2 for future use.)
Cut other half into light pieces.
Split each piece horizontally.
Arrange half the pieces in a 2-quart glass bowl, cutting pieces to fit.
Pour 1/2 the thawed strawberries over cake; spread with 1/2 the pudding.
Repeat. Cover and chill for at least 8 hours.
In chilled bowl, beat cream and sugar until stiff.
Spread over trifle.
Sprinkle with almonds. Garnish with whole strawberries.