Summer....In March?

Why yes....yes it is. And we have been enjoying it to the fullest. Well as much as we can anyways with the thick cloud of yellow goodness that has settled on the home front.

And we all know what comes with summer...

red skin

ouch...

and red berries

I am sure you don't care to hear about my stubborn self being overly confident about not needing any sunscreen....sitting in the sun....all day.....for the first time in months......so instead I am going to leave you with a recipe to my all time favorite summer dessert.

Layered Strawberry Trifle

It's dangerous.

It's light fluffy goodness makes it perfect for those hot summer cook outs but bad for those watching their waistline. So consider yourself warned.

Ingredients:

3 cups of strawberries

3 tbs of sugar

2 8oz packages of cream cheese softened

1 1/2 cups cold milk

1 pkg of cheesecake instant pudding (vanilla works good too if you can't find cheesecake)

2 cups thawed cool whip

2 cups frozen pound cake

hard shell chocolate for garnish

Chop up the strawberries, toss them in the sugar, and set aside. Next, cut up your pound cake into 1 inch squares and set aside. Then whip the cream cheese until it is nice and fluffy.

Add a cup of the milk and the package of instant pudding, beat about a minute then add the rest of the milk and whip cream. The end result should look like this....

Now to start layering. Using a trifle bowl, or large glass bowl, start by putting a layer of the cream cheese mix. Next put a layer of pound cake then a layer of strawberries. Repeat, then top with remaining cream cheese mix. Last but not least top it off with a couple strawberries and drizzled chocolate and you have yourself a bowl of heaven :)