Chocolate Raspberry Trifle Recipe
This super easy Chocolate Raspberry Trifle recipe is made in under 20 minutes. It has some beautiful layers made out of tart raspberries, creamy chocolate pudding, layers of cake and sweet whipped cream.
It’s a delicious chocolate dessert that’s perfect for the whole family!

Ingredients needed for this Chocolate Raspberry trifle
This recipe needs just a few simple ingredients:
- Fresh raspberries. These need to be cleaned and dried before layering them with the rest of the ingredients
- Pudding mixture. To make the Chocolate pudding layer creamier, you can substitute the milk called for in the box for heavy whipping cream
- Vanilla extract. Pure, good quality vanilla extract goes a long way!
- Heavy whipping cream. To substitute the milk from the chocolate pudding and to make the whipped cream layer
- Sugar. To sweeten the whipped cream layer
- Chocolate cake. You can make your own cake from a Cake mix or use store bought chocolate pound cake like I did for the cake layers
- Chocolate shavings. These are optional, to top the dessert
Take a look at the recipe card at the bottom of this post to see the complete recipe

How to make this layered dessert
Start by making the chocolate pudding. Follow the package directions in the box, substituting the milk for heavy cream and add 1 tablespoon of vanilla extract. Place in a medium bowl in the fridge while making the rest of the ingredients.
Cut the chocolate cake in cake cubes and set aside.


Over a large bowl with the whisk attachment of an electric mixer, whip in high speed the heavy cream and sugar until stiff peaks form. Set aside
Start layering your dessert in a trifle bowl or trifle dish. I did not follow a layering order in mine, since I wanted raspberries in the middle and as a topping, but feel free to use any order you want, using 2 layers of each of the ingredients separately.


I did cake, pudding, raspberries, whipped cream, pudding, cake, whipped cream and raspberries. In the end you should have 2 layers of the pudding chocolate mixture, 2 layers of chocolate cake, 2 of whipped cream and 2 of fresh raspberries.




Use chocolate shavings on top of trifle to decorate.
Expert tips for the perfect Raspberry Chocolate trifle
- You can also make this in mason jars, for individual portions
- Make sure you do not over whip your heavy cream or it can curdle. If it does curdle, just add cold heavy cream -little by little- with your mixer running at low speed until the whipped cream regains its fluffy texture
- If you washed your raspberries right before using them, make sure to tap them dry before layering them with the rest of the ingredients

Substitutions
- Use white cake or angel food cake instead of the chocolate cake
- You can substitute the chocolate pudding with vanilla pudding
- Use raspberry jam instead of fresh raspberries
- If you’re a brownie lover, substitute the chocolate cake with brownie. You can make your own brownies or buy store bought brownies
- If you’re looking for some extra time, substitute the homemade whipped cream with cool whip
Should trifle be served at room temperature?
This trifle should be served cold and stored refrigerated at all times.
Should a trifle be made the night before?
You can definitely make your trifle the night before.
I made this one ahead of time, placed a few toothpicks on top so that the plastic wrap didn’t touch the whipped cream and covered it.

How to store my Chocolate Raspberry trifle?
This trifle should be stored covered in the refrigerator. It will last for up to 3 days.
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Chocolate Raspberry Trifle Recipe
Equipment
- 1 Electric mixer
- 1 whisk attachment
- 1 trifle bowl
Ingredients
Chocolate pudding
- 1 package chocolate pudding mixture
- 2 Cups Heavy whipping cream (to substitute milk) or as much milk as the instructions in the package
- 1 Tablespoon vanilla extract
Chocolate Cake
- 1 unit Chocolate pound cake store bought or boxed cake
Whipped Cream
- 3 Cups heavy whipping cream cold
- 3 Tablespoons granulated sugar
Raspberries
- 4 Cups fresh raspberries washed and dried
Optional: Shaved Chocolate
- 1/8 Cup Chocolate bar shaved
Instructions
- Start by making the chocolate pudding. Follow the package directions in the box, substituting the milk for heavy cream and add 1 tablespoon of vanilla extract. Place in a medium bowl in the fridge while making the rest of the ingredients.1 package chocolate pudding mixture, 2 Cups Heavy whipping cream (to substitute milk), 1 Tablespoon vanilla extract
- Cut the chocolate cake in cake cubes and set aside.1 unit Chocolate pound cake
- Over a large bowl with the whisk attachment of an electric mixer, whip in high speed the heavy cream and sugar until stiff peaks form. Set aside3 Cups heavy whipping cream, 3 Tablespoons granulated sugar
- Start layering your dessert in a trifle bowl or trifle dish. I did not follow a layering order in mine, since I wanted raspberries in the middle and as a topping, but feel free to use any order you want, using 2 layers of each of the ingredients separately. (I did cake, pudding, raspberries, whipped cream, pudding, cake, whipped cream and raspberries). In the end you should have 2 layers of the pudding chocolate mixture, 2 layers of chocolate cake, 2 of whipped cream and 2 of fresh raspberries.4 Cups fresh raspberries
- Use chocolate shavings on top of trifle to decorate.1/8 Cup Chocolate bar
Notes
- You can also make this in mason jars, for individual portions
- Make sure you do not over whip your heavy cream or it can curdle. If it does curdle, just add cold heavy cream -little by little- with your mixer running at low speed until the whipped cream regains its fluffy texture
- If you washed your raspberries right before using them, make sure to tap them dry before layering them with the rest of the ingredients
I can’t wait to try this for my husband’s birthday dessert!!! I would, however, use Icing sugar in the whipped cream over granulated, as granulated can often cause grittiness.
Yes, icing sugar can be used instead 🙂