Easy Strawberry Cheesecake Trifle

Total Time: 4 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 4 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 2 pints fresh strawberries, sliced
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
• 3 tablespoons orange juice
• 3 cups cool whip
• 10 3/4 ounces frozen pound cake, thawed
• additional strawberry (to garnish)

Recipe

• 1 in a bowl, toss strawberries with sugar; set aside.
• 2 in a mixing bowl beat cream cheese and orange juice until smooth.
• 3 fold in cool whip. set aside.
• 4 cut pound cake into 1/2 inch cubes.
• 5 drain strawberries, reserving juice.
• 6 gently toss cake cubes with reserved juice.
• 7 place half of the cake cubes in a 4 quart trifle dish or clear serving bowl.
• 8 top with a third of the cream cheese mixture and half of the strawberries.
• 9 repeat layers.
• 10 top with remaining cream cheese mixture.
• 11 garnish with strawberries, cut into fans.
• 12 cover and refrigerate 4 hours.
• 13 (i've been impatient and served this almost immediately and it's still great!).