Easy Strawberry and Coconut Trifle is made up of dreamy layers of Lady Fingers, creamy coconut pudding, strawberries, strawberry sauce, whipped cream to give you the perfect dessert!
Easy Strawberry and Coconut Trifle! Oh my goodness this is a delicious recipe! The idea came about following our 30 Day Recipe Challenge we take part in each month with a group of talented bloggers.
This month's theme was to create a No-Bake Dessert. Of course, for those of you who know Lovefoodies, we LOVE our trifles, puddings, and cake. So it was no surprise when I thought up a no-bake dessert that would combine many of my favorite ingredients to give a very easy and tasty dessert that would be perfect for a weekday or weekend occasion.
This is also a great recipe to make for a party, potluck, Christmas, Thanksgiving, Easter, and indeed any holiday really! These days it is easy to get good quality strawberries all year round, but of course, for the maximum sweetness, summer is the best time to enjoy these delicious fruits.
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The trifle is made up of a few simple layers, and when eaten together, your taste buds really do sing aloud with the freshness of all the flavors which perfectly compliment each other.
For this recipe, I have made the coconut pudding and strawberry sauce from scratch. It is easy enough to do and doesn't take much more time than if you were to buy the ready-made products, and of course, from scratch is always so much more pleasing.
The lady's fingers I have used are really lovely! Once they absorb the strawberry sauce and coconut pudding, the texture becomes very cake-like, just as in a trifle.
So please enjoy our lovely Easy Strawberry and Coconut Trifle recipe, and be sure to take a look at the end of the recipe for the contributions from our blogger friends for our 30 day No Bake Dessert Recipe Challenge. There are some real goodies there!
Prep Time
20 minutes
Cook Time
Nil
Serves
4 persons
Ingredients
For the Coconut Pudding
You can also use instant Coconut Pudding mix. You will need to make up roughly 1 pint
- ⅓ Cup or 65 g Sugar**
- 2 Tablespoons Cornstarch
- Pinch of salt
- 2 Cups or 470 ml Coconut Milk
- 2 Egg Yolks
- ½ Teaspoon Vanilla Extract
**Adjust the sugar to your taste
Other fillings
- 1 ½ Cups Fresh strawberries, cubed
- 6 Lady Fingers (savoiardi)
- 1 Cup or 250 ml Fresh Whipping Cream
- 1 Tablespoon Powdered Sugar
The Strawberry Sauce
- 1 Cup Fresh strawberries, Pureed
- 1 Tablespoon Powdered sugar (to your taste)
- 1 Tablespoon Shredded Coconut (for sprinkling on the top)
Instructions
1. First, make the Coconut Pudding. See here how to make our VANILLA pudding. Simply swap the regular milk quantity for coconut milk, using our Lovefoodies Vanilla Pudding Recipe.
Allow to completely cool before adding the final whipped cream layer at the end. (see below)
2. Make the strawberry sauce by adding the strawberries to a blender with the powdered sugar. Taste the sauce as you add the sugar so you can add more or less to your preference.
3. In a shallow dish, add the Strawberry Sauce and dip each ladyfinger in the sauce completely, then remove and cut each finger into 3 pieces. Line the trifle bowl or glasses with the fingers.
Keep the remaining strawberry sauce as we will use it to drizzle in and on top of the trifle.
4. Slice the strawberries into bite-sized cubes. You can save some for the top for decoration too if you'd like to!
Then add a layer of strawberries on top of the fingers. Then a drizzle of strawberry sauce. Use a spoon and add a layer of coconut pudding, then another layer of strawberries, then another drizzle of strawberry sauce, then the remaining coconut pudding.
You might have to use a knife and poke the filling around a bit so the pudding reaches in between the cracks.
At this point, if you are making ahead, cover the surface of the pudding with plastic wrap and refrigerate. Once chilled, add the whipped cream layer below.
5. Whip the cream to stiff peaks. Pipe or spread the cream over the top as your final layer and drizzle some strawberry sauce and garnish with a few strawberries and shredded coconut if you wish. Chill until ready to serve.
Allow to chill for 4 hours so the pudding has time to soak into the lady's fingers.
Please enjoy! And there you have our Easy Strawberry and Coconut Trifle!
Summary of trifle layers
- From the bottom: Lady's fingers
- Layer of strawberries
- A drizzle of strawberry sauce
- Coconut pudding
- Layer of strawberries
- A drizzle of strawberry sauce
- Coconut pudding
- Fresh whipped cream
We'd love to hear from you and what you thought of our strawberry and coconut trifle recipe. Did you make any changes or add some other goodies? Let us know in the comments below. Thanks for reading and happy cooking!
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Easy Strawberry and Coconut Trifle
Easy Strawberry and Coconut Trifle is made up of dreamy layers of Lady Fingers, creamy coconut pudding, strawberries, strawberry sauce, whipped cream.Delicious!
Ingredients
**You can also use instant Coconut Pudding mix. You will need to make up roughly 1 pint
- ⅓ Cup or 65 g Sugar**
- 2 Tablespoons Cornstarch
- Pinch of salt
- 2 Cups or 470 ml Coconut Milk
- 2 Egg Yolks
- ½ Teaspoon Vanilla Extract
Other fillings:
- 1 ½ Cups Fresh strawberries, cubed
- 6 Lady Fingers, savoiardi
- 1 Cup or 250 ml Fresh Whipping Cream
- 1 Tablespoon Powdered Sugar
The Strawberry Sauce:
- 1 Cup Fresh strawberries, Pureed
- 1 Tablespoon Powdered sugar, to your taste
- 1 Tablespoon Shredded Coconut, for sprinkling on the top
Instructions
- First make the Coconut Pudding. See here how to make our VANILLA pudding . Simply swap the regular milk quantity for coconut milk, using our Lovefoodies Vanilla Pudding Recipe. Allow to completely cool before adding the final whipped cream layer at the end. (see below)
- Make the strawberry sauce by adding the strawberries to a blender with the powdered sugar. Taste the sauce as you add the sugar so you can add more or less to your preference.
- In a shallow dish, add the Strawberry Sauce and dip each lady finger in the sauce completely, then remove and cut each finger in to 3 pieces. Line the trifle bowl or glasses with the fingers. !**Keep the remaining strawberry sauce as we will use it to drizzle in and on top of the trifle.
- Slice the strawberries in to bite sized cubes. You can save some for the top for decoration too if you'd like to!
- Then add a layer of strawberries on top of the fingers.
- Then a drizzle of strawberry sauce. Use a spoon and add a layer of coconut pudding, then another layer of strawberries, then another drizzle of strawberry sauce, then the remaining coconut pudding. You might have to use a knife and poke the filling around a bit so the pudding reaches in between the cracks.
- At this point, if you are making ahead, cover the surface of the pudding with plastic wrap and refrigerate. Once chilled, add the whipped cream layer below.
- Whip the cream to stiff peaks. Pipe or spread the cream over the top as your final layer and drizzle some strawberry sauce and garnish with a few strawberries and shredded coconut if you wish. Chill until ready to serve.
- Allow to chill for 4 hours so the pudding has time to soak in to the lady's fingers.
- Please enjoy! And there you have our Easy Strawberry and Coconut Trifle!
Notes
Summary of trifle layers
- Bottom: Lady's fingers
- Layer of strawberries
- Drizzle of strawberry sauce
- Coconut pudding
- Layer of strawberries
- Drizzle of strawberry sauce
- Coconut pudding
- Fresh whipped cream
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Nutrition Information:
Yield: 4 Serving Size: 1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 661Total Fat: 52gSaturated Fat: 38gTrans Fat: 1gUnsaturated Fat: 10gCholesterol: 200mgSodium: 99mgCarbohydrates: 48gFiber: 3gSugar: 28gProtein: 8g
Nutrition information isn’t always accurate
Check out all the other lovely NO BAKE recipes below from bloggers who took part in our 30 Day No Bake Dessert Challenge.
- Strawberry and Coconut Trifle by Lovefoodies
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- No Bake Strawberry and White Chocolate Cheesecake Pie by Manila Spoon
- Pecan Coated Homemade Drumsticks by Noshing With The Nolands
- Coconut Pudding Cheesecake by Serena Bakes Simply From Scratch
- No Bake Chocolate Cheesecake by Savory Experiments
- No Bake White Chocolate Raspberry Cheesecake Parfaits by Blessed Beyond Crazy
- {Easy} No Bake Peach Yum Yum by The Kitchen is My Playground
- No Bake Espresso Cheesecake Bites by Life Currents
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Lori Vachon
says:This is totally my kind of dessert! The flavors sound fantastic together!
Tracey @ The Kitchen is My Playground
says:Strawberry & coconut together are one of my FAVORITE combinations … and your trifles look amazing! My only problem? ~ I’d have to eat more than one! :-)
Tracey @ The Kitchen is My Playground
debi
says:This looks so good! And that coconut pudding looks so good I might make it on its own!
Sheena @ Hot Eats and Cool Reads
says:I love the strawberry and coconut combo! Sounds like a winner to me!
Abigail (Manila Spoon)
says:I absolutely love that you combined the flavors of strawberry and coconut! This looks so delicious!
Serena
says:This must be mine! I can’t wait to make it!
Linda Wiseman
says:Love this combination of strawberries and coconut! I’m always ready for a great trifle recipe and this looks heavenly!
taranoland
says:Trifle is one of my all time favorite desserts. This looks amazing and so easy for the summer!
savoryexperiments
says:These trifles are just perfect for summer time entertaining! I also love the lacy serving dishes. Beautiful!