Caramel Apple Trifle is layers of cider donuts, caramel sauce, apples, and pudding! A total fall dream dessert topped with whipped cream!
So today is Tuesday. I kinda think it’s the most boring day of the week. It’s not universally hated, like Monday. There is no way that the Bangles would have had a hit record with “Just another Tragic Tuesday”.
Tuesday doesn’t have the honor of being called “Hump Day”…which, now that we’re on the subject, is hugely inappropriate. Who even says that besides radio DJs and awkward grocery store cashiers who are trying to create a dialogue as they scan your Golden Grahams?
Next is Thursday. Everyone loves Thursday because, well, it’s almost Friday. And then there’s Friday, who even got it’s own restaurant.
Yeah, Tuesday is the sophomore year of the days of the week. Completely forgettable. So I am going to deem today “Trifle Tuesday”. Sure, they’re retro and grandma-ish, but the possibilities are endless.
So come on now and get your trifle on like it’s 1985…Trifle Tuesday ~ it’s happening.
This Caramel Apple Trifle is easy. It’s basically layering anything yummy you want all in one dish and calling it a dessert.
Here’s what I used:
*not pictured caramel sauce and Whipped Topping*
I started with Apple Cider Donuts…
I cut them up and lined the bottom of the trifle dish.
I plopped some custard on top of the donuts then topped that with oatmeal cookies that I chopped up.
Drizzle some caramel on top of that.
Then top that with some cake. I made Duncan Hines Decadent Apple Caramel Cake, but you could use pound cake or yellow cake or white cake or vanilla cake. Look, just as long as it’s cake, mmmkay?
Spread some apple pie filling on top of that…
and then plop some more custard on and more oatmeal cookies…
There’s no exactness to this. Relax people…you don’t have to measure. Embrace it.
Now top it all off with some Whipped Topping and some more caramel.
Caramel Apple Trifle
- Prep Time: 1 hour
- Cook Time: 30 minutes
- Total Time: 1 hour 30 minutes
- Yield: serves 12 1x
Ingredients
- 1 baked cake (apple, white, pound)
- 1 can apple pie filling
- 1 jar caramel sauce
- Apple Cider donuts (approx 4-6 depending on size)
- prepared vanilla pudding or custard
- coarsely chopped oatmeal cookies
- whipped topping
Instructions
- In a trifle pan layer all your ingredients starting with the donuts, pudding, cookies, caramel, cake, apple pie filling, pudding, cookies…
- continue layering until the trifle dish is full finishing with whipped topping and a drizzle of caramel.
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congrats to him! My stepson, Christopher is at VMI…he loves it!
You used donuts in your trifle??? I think I love you:-) What an absolutely delicious take on a trifle…love your easy breezy way of putting it together too!! And a chance to win a free canvas? This day just got even better…I have my fingers crossed to win:-)
I’m visiting my fiance who lives in Canada this weekend for his Canadian Thanksgiving and I’m thinking that your trifle would be a delicious quick dessert to whip up. I’m also thinking that our future wedding pic would look great on one of those canvases.
I would love a canvas print. Thank you!
I love trifles because they are so easy to throw together and you don’t need to be exact. I love the flavors in yours!
Trifles are awesome because you be so creative with them without worrying if they’ll “turn out”. You can throw anything you want in there! Yours looks so yummy!
YUM! That trifle looks amazing! I’ve been looking for some trifle recipes for my new trifle bowl!
is it too early to say i love you? i mean, you lined the bottom of a trifle with donuts. it’s true – I love you 🙂
Oh my! This sounds wonderful!
I hate Tuesdays, too! It is the hardest day to get up for and to get through. Thanks for the recipe.