Cranberry-orange Trifle

Total Time: 4 hrs Preparation Time: 4 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 2 cups boiling water
• 1 -2 package cranberry jell-o gelatin
• 1 cup cold water
• 2 cups cold milk
• 2 packages instant vanilla pudding
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 (8 ounce) container cool whip, thawed
• 1 (12 ounce) loaf entenmann's all-butter pound cake or 1 (12 ounce) package angel food cake, cubed (if you want to make it lower fat)
• 1 (11 ounce) can mandarin orange segments, drained

Recipe

• 1 in medium bowl, stir boiling water into gelatin until completely dissolved.
• 2 stir in cold water.
• 3 pour into 13x9 inch pan and refrigerate 3 hours or until firm.
• 4 cut gelatin into 1/2 inch cubes.
• 5 pour milk into large bowl and add pudding mixes and cinnamon.
• 6 beat with wire whisk or mixer 1 minute.
• 7 let stand 5 minutes or until thickened.
• 8 gently stir in 2 cup of the whipped topping until smooth.
• 9 reserve 1 cup of the gelatin cubes; set aside.
• 10 layer half of the remaining gelatin cubes and half of cake cubes, oranges, and pudding in 3 quart serving bowl.
• 11 repeat layers.
• 12 top with reserved gelatin cubes.
• 13 refrigerate 1 hour or until ready to serve.
• 14 garnish with remaining whipped topping.
• 15 store leftovers in refrigerator.