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Mixed Berry Trifles with Butter Cake is a refreshing dessert, layered with fresh berries, butter cake, and whipped cream!
Make this old fashioned blueberry cobbler recipe next!
I can’t get enough of these delicious Mixed Berry Trifles! Who doesn’t love a colorful, refreshing dessert that’s perfect for just about any occasion? Be it Spring or Summer, these Mixed Berry Trifles are sure to be a crowd pleaser. Between the mixed berries, butter cake, and homemade whipped cream – you truly can’t go wrong.
The recipe and blog post forMixed Berry Trifles with Butter Cake was made in partnership with Minerva Dairy! I received compensation and product in exchange for this work. My opinions on their butter are genuine. If I didn’t love this fantastic butter, I would certainly mention it! Thanks for your continued support!
what’s a trifle?
In terms of dessert, a trifle is a dessert layered with fruit, custard, jellies, and cream. It’s the perfect dessert because it requires very little technique or effort. Trifles typically consist of about three to four layers in a trifle bowl or mini cup, like this recipe.
I love enjoying trifles during the summer because you get the best in season summer berries that are perfectly ripe. This Mixed Berry Trifle in particular contains raspberries, strawberries, blueberries, and blackberries, whipped cream, and a delicious butter cake.
how do you make mixed berry trifles with butter cake?
Start by making the butter cake. Combine all of the dry ingredients and then wet ingredients, mixed together and bake for one hour to an hour and ten minutes. While the cake is baking, combine mixed berries in a large bowl and add lemon juice and sugar. Mix together and refrigerate until the cake is ready.
Once the cake has cooled, cut into cubes. Once you’re ready to assemble, begin making the whipped cream. Add heavy whipping cream, vanilla extract, and sugar to a stand mixer or a large bowl. Whip for about two to two and half minutes until stiff peaks form.
time to assemble!
Layer your Mixed Berry trifles however you like! I like as many berries as possible so I started with the mixed berries as the first layer. Then I added the whipped cream, then butter cake, then more berries and whipped cream on top! Add a few mint leave for garnish, totally optional! I also added a few pomegranate aril that I had laying around the house, again, totally optional. Feel free to add whatever you like as garnish and dig in!
The order of your trifles doesn’t really matter. Get creative and have fun with layering!
can you make trifles a day before?
Absolutely! While it’s not a requirement, I actually recommend making these Mixed Berry Trifles a day prior to serving. This way, the flavors will have a chance to set and come together. The butter cake will soak up some of the whipped cream and mixed berry juices with time and it’s just amazing!
If you make these Mixed Berry Trifles a day prior, you MUST store in the refrigerator until ready to serve. If you don’t, it’ll get soggy and messy. We don’t want that!
what ingredients do I need to make mixed berry trifles with butter cake?
- Mixed berries: I used raspberries, blueberries, strawberries, and blackberries!
- Lemon Juice: to macerate the berries.
- Cold heavy whipping cream: for the homemade whipped cream.
- Salted Butter: from my favorite Minerva Dairy! Their butter is truly the best I’ve ever eaten!
- Butter Cake: I provided the recipe to the butter cake below. It consists of a few simple ingredients – flour, butter, sugar, milk, baking powder, and eggs!
more berry recipes that I love!
- Brown Butter Mixed Berry Crumb Bars
- Strawberry Rose Streusel
- Bakery Style Blueberry Muffins
- PB&J Overnight Oats with Bananas and Mixed Berries
- Summer Sangria Berry Crumble
- Lemon Blueberry Trifles
Mixed Berry Trifles with Butter Cake
Ingredients
Butter Cake
- 2 sticks Unsalted Butter, room temperature
- 1 cup Sugar
- 3 eggs
- 2 tsps Vanilla Extract
- 2 tbsps Whole Milk
- 1 1/2 cup All-Purpose Flour
- 1 1/2 tsp Baking Powder
- 1/4 tsp Kosher Salt
Mixed Berries
- 1 cup Blackberries
- 2 cups Blueberries
- 2 cups Raspberries
- 2 cups Strawberries, sliced
- 1/4 cup Sugar
- 1 Lemon, juiced
Whipped Cream
- 2 1/2 cups Heavy Whipping Cream, cold
- 1/2 cup Sugar
- 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees °F.
- In a large bowl or stand mixer with the whisk attachment, beat room temperature butter and sugar together until fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating each egg into the mixture before adding another. Add vanilla extract and milk and continue to mix until fully incorporated.
- In a separate bowl, mix together flour, baking powder, and kosher salt. Add to wet ingredients and fold together with a mixing spoon or silicone spatula until flour is fully incorporated. Spray a 9×5 loaf pan with oil and coat with flour. Add cake batter and bake for 1 hour to 1 hour and 10 minutes, until a toothpick comes out clean.
- While cake is baking, combine blackberries, blueberries, raspberries, and strawberries in a large bowl. Add juice from one squeezed lemon and sugar. Mix together and chill in the refrigerator while cake is baking.
- Allow cake to cool completely. Slice cake and cut into cubes.
- To make the whipped cream, add cold heavy whipping cream, sugar, and vanilla extract to a stand mixer with the whisk attachment or a large bowl using a hand mixer. Beat on medium high until stiff peaks form, about 2-2 1/2 minutes. Be sure not to over mix.
- Assemble the trifle by adding a layer of berries, then a layer of whipped cream, and then cake. Add more berries and whipped cream on top. Garnish with mint.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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This dessert was the perfect recipe to cool me and my friends down during our picnic! I’ll definitely be making this again. Thanks for sharing.
These trifles were the perfect way to kick off spring! The cake was so moist and buttery and the berries and cream were perfect! I can’t wait to make these trifles again!
OMG, we made these over the weekend and they are truly fantastic! The mix of berries with the whipped cream and cake is so good.
Nothing says Springtime like a trifle! The mixed berries made this one fabulous.
I loved this dessert! The mixed berries with the brightness of lemon juice were amazing, and the butter cake was so simple to make, but SO good! I love that you can make them a day in advance — perfect for summertime get-togethers!
I made these berry trifles for my sister-in-law and we were all blown away by how great they tasted! I have never been confident about making desserts, but your instructions were simple enough to follow. I am so happy I have finally found a recipe I can turn to whenever I have to make sweet treats.
Sometimes we forget about these classic recipes with so many global influences we are now exposed to due to the internet and travel, etc. Thank you for reminding me of childhood favorite dessert, especially in the summertime. Definitely will be adding it to the repertoire this summer.
The butter cake was spot on! It took this recipe to another level. My grandmother made trifles for special occasions and this really made me think of her today. THanks for sharing this recipe, it was really fun to make with memory.
They were not only cute, they were delicious. Every ingredient paired off each other, making every bite perfectly balanced. I’m already lining them up for my 4th of July shindig!
We made these trifles last weekend for Easter and they were a huge hit! We use strawberries and blueberries in ours they were the perfect balance of sweet and tart; and the butter cake made them extra special thank you for sharing this recipe.