Embellishmints

I made this beautiful dessert for Christmas Eve! We celebrated with some new friends we met here in Illinois and it was so much fun. We had a White Elephant and I have to say, we brought some pretty hilarious gifts.!. I brought the Bacon Bowl and Ninja Wallet, and everyone loved them. I was pretty surprised because some of our friends had even heard of them.

This dessert was a hit! There were 4 couples, with all our children, and it was well received. Thankfully there wasn’t much leftover, otherwise I would have eaten it all! One thing I learned from making this is these bottles of hot fudge and caramel would have worked out the best! Trying to spread caramel and hot fudge with a spoon is not easy. Other than that, perfection!

Please disregard these pictures though, I seriously did not feel well at all so I was lucky I even had the chance to make this dessert, let alone take a picture. So they’re nothing special, but this is a really awesome recipe. You have to try out the Sara Lee Pound Cakes for your next trifle. Makes it so easy!

Turtle Cheesecake Trifle
Ingredients

• 1 Sara Lee Pound Cake {freezer section}
• 3 8-oz packages reduced-fat cream cheese, softened
• 1-1/2 tsp vanilla extract
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 12 oz Cool Whip
• 2 cups chopped pecans
• 10 oz caramel ice cream topping
• 10 oz hot fudge ice cream topping

Instructions

1. Beat softened cream cheese until light and fluffy
2. Add vanilla and sugar and continue beating until well combined
3. Gently fold in Cool Whip
4. Cut pound cake into 1″ cubes

Assemble Cake

1. Single layer of pound cake cubes
2. Caramel and hot fudge
3. Pecans
4. Cheesecake
5. Caramel and hot fudge
6. Pecans
• Repeat 3 times
• Chill until ready to serve

Recipe modified from Mom On Timeout