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This decadent and Ube Mango Coconut Trifle dessert is a delicious Asian inspired dessert you can make right at home with just a few simple ingredients!
If you love Ube or Asian-inspired desserts or delicious tropical flavored sweets, we have an amazing treat to share with you today! This Ube Mango Coconut Trifle comes together easily with just a few easy ingredients and requires no baking (other than the pound cake).
It can me made ahead for a wow-inducing dessert to bring to any gatherings our party. It’s great for a summer get together with friends and family! If you’re having it just at home, you can dig right in with a big spoon with your family members!
We love trifle desserts because they are so simple to make yet always get a positive and happy response. Plus the layers look amazing and colorful to impress a crowd!
Your friends and family will think you spent hours making this trifle treat, but the secret is if my 4-year-old @DashBakesTheGreats can make it, you can too!
How do you make Ube Mango Coconut Trifle?
You’ll need our homemade ube pound cake recipe, coconut cream pudding, mango fruit and shaved coconut. We share a really simple way to make the coconut cream using Jello Vanilla pudding mix below.
If you don’t have time to make homemade ube pound cake you can buy ube sponge cake and layer those instead! I promise the homemade pound cake is super easy to make hough with just five ingredients.
Do you need fresh mango?
No! We know mango is a seasonal fruit and is not always in season. We used frozen mango chunks here from Trader Joe’s and they tasted great and perfectly sweet!
Can you substitute any other fruit for this trifle dessert recipe?
Ube is especially great tasting with mango which pairs well with its Asian flavor palette so we highly recommend sticking with mango!
However we think this would be delicious with other exotic fruits like Lychee or Passionfruit!
Ube Mango Coconut Trifle – Ingredients
One Ube Pound cake cubed (recipe here)
Diced Mango (use fresh or frozen)
Vanilla pudding mix (5.1 oz Jello Vanilla pudding)
2 Cups milk
1 Pint of heavy cream (to make fresh whipped cream)
Coconut Milk
Coconut Flakes
Ube Mango Coconut Trifle Recipe
Ingredients
- One Ube Pound cake cubed (recipe linked in post)
- Diced Mango (use fresh or frozen)
- Vanilla pudding mix (5.1 oz Jello Vanilla pudding)
- 2 Cups milk
- 1 Pint of heavy cream (to make fresh whipped cream)
- 1 can (14oz) of Coconut Milk
- Coconut Flakes
Instructions
- Add two cups of milk and the vanilla pudding mix in a stand mixer or use a hand mixer. Beat according to the directions until your pudding is formed. Set aside the pudding and then make the whipped cream by mixing a pint of heavy whipping cream in a stand mixer or hand mixer on medium to high speed until peaks form. Add 2/3 of your can of coconut milk (reserve the rest for another use). Continue beating until soft peaks from. Reserve 1/4 of the whipped cream coconut mixture in a bowl and place in the refrigerator. Add the remaining whipped cream mixture to the vanilla pudding mixture and softly fold until a light and airy custard is formed. Refrigerated the custard until you are ready to form the trifle. When you’re ready to assemble the trifle, slice your pound cake into cubes.Layer one-third of the pound cake into the bottom of the trifle dish. Add 1/3 of your custard on top and layer with mango. You can add mango on the sides for a decorative touch. Repeat with another pound cake, custard and mango layer twice more. Add your reserved 1/4 of whipped cream coconuut on top of your last custard layer and add mangos and coconut flakes on top. Chill the trifle in the refrigerator until ready to serve.
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