Earth Cake

by

🌍🍒 Earth Cake (Cherry Angel Trifle)

Fluffy angel food cake + creamy filling + cherries = heaven in a bowl.

⭐ Servings

10–12

🥣 Ingredients

Cake & Filling

  • 1 prepared angel food cake (store-bought or homemade)
  • 1 (8 oz) package cream cheese, softened
  • 1 cup powdered sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 (8 oz) tub whipped topping (Cool Whip or homemade whipped cream)

Cherry Layer

  • 1–2 cans cherry pie filling
  • Optional: 1/2 tsp almond extract (makes the cherry flavor incredible)

Optional Decorations (for “earth” effect)

  • Crushed chocolate sandwich cookies (for “soil”)
  • Blueberries or blue sprinkles (for “water”)
  • Green sprinkles or coconut flakes dyed green (for “land/grass”)

👩‍🍳 Full Recipe Instructions

1. Prepare the angel food cake

  • Tear or cut the angel food cake into 1–2 inch cubes.
  • Set aside.

2. Make the creamy cheesecake filling

In a large bowl, beat together:

  • softened cream cheese
  • powdered sugar
  • vanilla extract

Beat until smooth and fluffy.
Fold in the whipped topping until fully combined and airy.

3. Flavor the cherries (optional but amazing)

Stir ½ tsp almond extract into the cherry pie filling.
(This makes it taste like bakery-style cherry topping.)

4. Assemble the trifle

In a large trifle bowl or 9×13 dish:

  1. First layer: Half of the angel food cake cubes
  2. Second layer: Half of the cream cheese filling
  3. Third layer: Half of the cherry pie filling
  4. Repeat with the remaining ingredients

Smooth the top with a spatula.

5. Decorate “earth-style” (optional)

  • Sprinkle crushed chocolate cookies on top for a soil/earth look.
  • Add green coconut flakes or sprinkles for a grass effect.
  • Blue sprinkles or blueberries can represent oceans.

This is why it’s often called Earth Cake—the layers and decorations resemble the layers of the earth!

6. Chill

Refrigerate for 4 hours or overnight.
This helps the flavors meld and the cake absorb some of the cream.

🍰 Serving

Serve cold with a spoon straight from the trifle bowl or cut into squares if made in a dish.

🌟 Variations

Black Forest Earth Cake

Add chocolate cake chunks instead of angel food cake + a drizzle of chocolate syrup between layers.

Tropical Earth Cake

Replace cherry with pineapple or mango pie filling.

Patriotic Earth Cake

Use cherries + blueberries for red, white, and blue layers.

Leave a Comment