Strawberry-Banana Trifle

Total Time: 1 hr 25 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 55 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 16
• 1 1/3 cups water
• 2 bananas, peeled
• 3 egg whites
• 2 tablespoons oil
• 1 (18 1/4 ounce) box white cake mix
• 2 (3 ounce) boxes vanilla pudding mix or 2 (3 ounce) boxes banana pudding mix
• 3 1/2 cups 2% low-fat milk
• 2 bananas, peeled and sliced
• 2 cups sliced strawberries, plus more for garnish
• 1 cup heavy cream, whipped with
• 1 tablespoon sugar

Recipe

• 1 Heat oven to 350 degrees; line a 13x9x2-inch baking pan with nonstick foil; set aside.
• 2 For cake, in blender, combine 1 1/3 cups water, the bananas, egg whites and oil.
• 3 Blend until smooth, about 1 minutes.
• 4 Place cake mix in large bowl and add mixture from blender.
• 5 With an electric mixer, beat on low speed for 30 seconds, then increase speed to high and beat 2 minutes.
• 6 Pour into prepared pan and bake at 350 degrees for 33-35 minutes.
• 7 Cook cake in pan on a wire rack for 15 minutes, then, using foil, lift cake from pan and cool completely.
• 8 For filling and fruit, meanwhile, cook pudding mix with milk for 15-20 minutes over medium heat, until thickened and bubbly.
• 9 Transfer to a bowl and refrigerate 30 minutes.
• 10 Trim edges from cooled cake.
• 11 Cut in half, then cut one half into cubes (about 20).
• 12 Place in a trifle dish or bowl and press slightly to compress.
• 13 Spoon 2 cups pudding over cake.
• 14 Top with 1 sliced banana and 1 cup of the sliced strawberries.
• 15 Cut second cake half into cubes and continue layering cake, pudding, bananas and strawberries.
• 16 Top with heavy cream.
• 17 Refrigerate at least 3 hours or overnight.