Can I make this ahead of time?

You can bake the cake one day in advance to assemble the final product more quickly.

What are substitutions that I can make?

Instead of prepared frozen whipped topping, make your own by combining 1 cup of heavy cream, ⅓ cup powdered sugar, plus 1 teaspoon vanilla extract. Beat till stiff peaks form.

What can I add to this recipe?

Add a layer or two of crushed Golden Oreos or other cookies. Add food coloring to the whipped topping for more colored layers. Add sprinkles or berries to the layers.

Can I use other pudding flavours?

Of course! Yellow or white puddings work best in order to dye them different colors. Using banana, lemon, or white chocolate would work great for this.

The Best Easter Trifle

Ingredients

1 box Party Rainbow Chip cake mix, prepared according to package directions (Funfetti cake mix can also be used)

2 (3.4-ounce) packages of vanilla instant pudding & pie filling mix

4 cups milk

Blue & pink food coloring

1 (16-ounce) container whipped topping, thawed

Green, pink, and blue edible candy grass

Easter egg candies for decorating (I used Whoppers Robin Eggs)

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Instructions

Bake the cake according to package directions, with parchment paper inside the pan for easy removal. After 10 minutes of the cake being out of the oven, remove it from the pan and place on a cooling rack. Allow the cake to cool completely. Using a serrated knife, cut the cake into one-inch pieces.
Prepare the pudding according to package directions, keeping each package of pudding in a separate bowl. Add a few drops of blue food coloring to one bowl, then add a few drops of pink food coloring to the other bowl. Be sure to only add a little at a time until you get the desired color.
Tightly place one layer of cake cubes in the bottom of a trifle dish or large glass bowl (fit as much cake as you can to not have gaps). Spoon one of the bowls of pudding over the top of the cake. Now spoon in 2 cups of the whipped topping over the pudding.
Repeat with another layer of cake, the other color of pudding, then 2 more cups of the whipped topping.
Refrigerate for at least 4 hours.
Make bird nests (2 of each color) from the edible candy grass. Do this by holding a half-inch thick group of grass and spin the grass tightly into a circle starting with one end.
Before serving, decorate the top of the trifle with 6 bird nests and add 3 candy eggs into each nest.
Store covered in the refrigerator for up to 3 days.