Wednesday, October 31, 2012

31 Days of Decadent Desserts {Day 31} Pumpkin Gingerbread Trifle

We served this at my grandfather's 75th birthday party earlier this month. It's a pretty dish and very yummy. 



Pumpkin Gingerbread Trifle
original recipe can be found ~here~


Ingredient:
  • 1 gingerbread cake (I made a double batch of Laura Ingalls Wilder's famous gingerbread recipe but I could have just made 1 batch)
  • 1 package (4.6 ounces) cook-and-serve vanilla pudding mix
  • 3 cups milk
  • 1 can (29 ounces) pumpkin
  • 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
  • 2 cups whipped cream (I added about 2 teaspoons of pumpkin pie spice)


Directions:

  • Prepare and bake gingerbread according to recipe directions. Cool completely on wire racks. 
  • Meanwhile, for pudding, in a large saucepan, combine pudding mix and milk; stir until smooth. Cook and stir over medium heat until mixture comes to a boil. Cook and stir 1-2 minutes longer or until thickened. Remove from the heat; cool to room temperature. Combine pumpkin and brown sugar; stir into pudding.
  • In a 4-qt. glass serving bowl, crumble one gingerbread cake; gently press down. Top with half of pudding mixture and whipped cream. Repeat layers. Sprinkle some pumpkin pie spice on the top if desired.


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Here are the recipes shared from last Friday's link-up.

Marie from Marie Loves shared:




Kristen from Joyfully Thriving shared:



And Maureen from Red Cottage Chronicles shared:



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And so ends the 31 days project. It has been so much fun! Thank you for your wonderful comments, pins,  and links. A big thanks to the guest posters for helping me out this month!


What has been your favorite recipe this month?

4 comments:

Cheryl said...

The grand finale? This trifle was good enough to hold that spot! Oh my.

Kirsten Fichter said...

Love this!! I so want to try it!! I love gingerbread! And pumpkin! :)

Jodi-Marie said...

this might just be tied for "the best" with the chocolate peanut butter trifle. I have loved keeping up with your blog this month. Great job picking out these wonderful recipes to share.

Unknown said...

Wow, this looks amazing! I'll have to try it sometime :-)