Strawberry Shortcake Parfaits (aka Mini Trifles)

Learn how to make these delicious individual size strawberry shortcake trifles! Call them what you will (mini trifles, parfaits, dessert cups, sugar in a jar, etc.), they are quick to make, relatively simple, super delicious and perfect as a summer dessert!

What you’ll need:
1lb fresh strawberries
1/4 cup white sugar
1 (3.4oz) pkg instant vanilla pudding, prepared according to package
pound cake (homemade or store bought)
fresh whipped cream (see how I make mine here: http://youtu.be/Zbh9rLHGq7E )
half pint Ball mason jam jars

Wash and hull the strawberries. Cut into pieces and add in the sugar. Stir to coat the berries. Let sit for 20-30 minutes.
While they are macerating, prepare the instant pudding according to package instructions. Also prepare the whipped cream.
For the pound cake, slice into 1/2″ slices and using a biscuit cutter, cookie cutter or measuring cup, cut into rounds slightly smaller than the jar you will put these in.
To assemble the mini trifles, place a slice of pound cake in the bottom of the jar. Put a spoonful of pudding on top of the cake. Next, place a spoonful of the macerated strawberries and finish with a layer of whipped cream. Repeat using another round of pound cake, another spoonful of pudding, another spoonful of strawberries and finally, top with a nice rosette of whipped cream on top. Repeat until you run out of ingredients. You may have some pudding left over but not much. Makes 6 mini trifles. Store in the refrigerator until ready for serving or up to 4 days. Enjoy!!

I’m gonna start out by head macerating my strawberries I’ve got a pound of strawberries here and I have hold them and rinse them under cool water just to make sure that there’s no gunk or anything on them and all I’m doing is cutting off the bases and kind of

Cutting them into smallish chunks if you will and now that I’ve got my strawberries all cut up I’m going to add in about a quarter of a cup of regular white granulated sugar and take a spoon and just kind of mix this up and what the sugar will do is help release the

Juices from the strawberries it also sweetens them up quite a bit so I’m going to go ahead and let these sit and let them release their juices and while this is happening I’m going to go ahead and whip up my whipped cream I’ve already already done a video of

That I will put a link in the description box so you can go check that video out I’m also going to go ahead and make up a box of vanilla instant pudding and get that ready and when these are done I will be back I’ve got my strawberries macerating I’ve got my

Pudding already done it’s in the refrigerator setting up I’ve got my whipped cream already whipped and now it’s time to cut out the cake pieces I am going to be using Ball jars mason jars these are a one pint or a half pint sorry eight ounce glass jars to do these mini

Trifles in you if you’ve got mini trifle glasses go ahead and use them but anyway I need to cut the cake out to get it into the glass I’m gonna be using a quarter cup measuring cup it just fits inside so it’s the perfect size you can

Use shortbread for this recipe or you can use what I prefer and that is pound cake which is what I have here you can use homemade pound cake which I have done I made this earlier today or you can buy pound cake at pretty much any bakery you

Can even buy it at Walmart if you so choose so what I’m going to be doing is using this measure has a cookie cutter of sorts I’m going to cut out pieces of the pound cake and now we are ready to build the mini trifles I’ve got my pudding I’ve got my

Macerated strawberries I’ve got my containers got my pound cake and got my whipped cream in a pastry bag with a star tip on it so let’s build these suckers about my ball jar here and I’m going to use the side that does not have a little fruit

Embossing on it I’m just gonna have the plain side out so I’m gonna make that side the pretty side I’m gonna put my pound cake in the bottom just like so I’m gonna take a spoon of the pudding mixture and put this down if I move my

Finger so you can see what I was doing just like that then we’re gonna take a spoonful of our strawberries put those in make sure you get a little bit of juice in there with them and then I’m gonna take my whipped cream I’m just going to you put a little layer of

Whipped cream in there take another piece of our pound cake and I’m just gonna lightly press that in and repeat the layer with some more pudding and again our strawberries and this should go right up to the top of these little ball jam jars just like that and then

Again put a nice rosette of whipped cream right on top like so and there you go that is how I am making mini individual survey strawberry shortcake trifles hope you guys enjoy and thanks so much for watching you