Christmas Gingerbread Trifle
(from Lucianolinda’s recipe box)
Prep time: 45 minutes
Serves 14 people
Categories: Puddings
Ingredients
- 1 pkg. (14 1/2 oz.) gingerbread cake/ cookie
- mix
- 2 cups cold 2% milk
- 2 cups cold eggnog
- 2 pkg. (3.4 oz. each instant French vanilla
- pudding mix
- 1 pkg. (5 oz.) gingerbread man cookies
- 1 carton (16 oz.) frozen whipped topping,
- thawed
Directions
- Prepare and bake cake mix according to package directions. using a 9-inch square baking pan. Cool completely on a wire rack. Cut into 1-inch cubes.
- In a large bowl, whisk milk, eggnog and pudding mix for 2 minutes. Let stand 2 minutes or until soft-set.
- Arrange nine cookies around sides of a 4-quart glass bowl, using a third of the cake cubes to stand cookies upright. Top with third of the pudding and whipped topping. Repeat layers. Top with remaining cake, pudding and whipped topping. Refrigerate, covered, 4 hours or overnight.
- Just before serving, top with remaining cookies.