WeightWatchers Strawberry Trifle Recipe

This Weight Watchers strawberry trifle dessert recipe, featuring an angel food cake base complemented by fresh strawberries and a navel orange, offers a delightful treat that’s lighter and potentially less calorific than many traditional desserts.

Angel food cake is known for its airy texture and absence of fats, relying on egg whites for its structure, making it a comparatively lower-calorie choice. The inclusion of fresh strawberries not only introduces a burst of flavor but also brings a wealth of health benefits, as these berries are packed with vitamins, fiber, and antioxidants, all while being low in calories.

The navel orange adds another layer of nutritional value, contributing a significant amount of vitamin C, which is essential for immune function, skin health, and wound healing. The use of Splenda, a no-calorie artificial sweetener, in place of sugar, aims to retain the dessert’s sweetness while minimizing calorie intake, although the health implications of artificial sweeteners are subject to debate.

Almond and vanilla extracts are used in minimal amounts to infuse the dessert with their distinctive flavors without adding significant calories or fat, while cinnamon offers a hint of spice along with potential anti-inflammatory and blood sugar-lowering benefits. The recipe’s choice of fat-free Cool Whip as a topping further reduces the fat content, although it’s worth noting that such products may contain added sugars and artificial ingredients.

Overall, this dessert represents a strategic compromise between indulgence and health-consciousness, leveraging the natural sweetness and nutritional benefits of fruit, the lightness of angel food cake, and calorie-saving substitutions to create a treat that can be enjoyed with less impact on one’s dietary goals.

These strawberry trifles make your mouth water just by looking at them. When you actually eat them, you’ll feel in heaven! Seriously, this is one of my favorite desserts in the whole world!

Weight Watchers Strawberry Trifle recipe
Makes 6 servings

Ingredients
1 angel food cake
2 pints fresh strawberries
1 large navel orange
6 tablespoons Splenda sugar substitute
1/8 teaspoon almond extract
2 teaspoons vanilla
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
fat-free cool whip

Preparation
1. Wash, stem, and slice strawberries (use an egg slicer to get even slices).
2. Place strawberries in medium bowl.
3. Using a reamer, juice orange into the bowl of strawberries.
4. Stir, adding Splenda, extract, vanilla, and cinnamon.
5. Stir berries in this juice very well and set aside to allow berries to macerate while you assemble the trifle.
6. Tear half of angel food cake into bite-size bits and place in bottom of trifle bowl.
7. Add half of strawberries followed by the other half of the angel food cake torn into bite size bits.
8. Place remaining strawberries on top of cake.
9. Pour juice over the layers.
10. Top with Cool Whip.
11. Chill until ready to serve.

Suggestions: You can garnish the top of the cool whip by saving two or three of the strawberries and making a fan. To do this, place a strawberry stem side down in your egg slicer, slowly lower the top and slice into the strawberry just to the point that it is about to cut through. Pull the strawberry out and spread the slices.

How many Weight Watchers points in strawberry trifle recipe?
WW POINTS per serving: 6
Nutritional information per serving: 309 calories, 0.7g fat, 3.2g fiber

Originally posted 2007-04-24 10:40:48.