We just celebrated Independence Day here in America! Traditionally, people get together with friends and family to have cook-outs, BBQ hot dogs and hamburgers and watch fireworks displays. My kids and I went to my parents’ house and had burgers, brats, macaroni salad, broccoli cauliflower salad and baked beans.
For dessert I wanted to make a layered dessert with angel food cake, strawberries, blueberries and whipped topping. Instead of making exactly that I made a little variation because I was afraid a layered dessert would get too soggy if we had leftovers as only five of us were eating.
I used a Betty Crocker Angel Food Cake mix and a can of Dole Crushed Pineapple for the cake. If you are not a fan of pineapple, you can make the cake according to the directions on the box.
This patriotic dessert is so simple! All you do is mix the Angel Food Cake Mix with a 20 oz can of Dole Crushed Pineapple. Do not drain the pineapple! Mix them together by hand until they are completely blended. Pour this into a greased 9×13 baking dish and bake at 350 degrees for about 25 minutes.
I let that cool overnight and then cut it into approximately 1 inch cubes. If I were going to serve this to a big crowd right away, I would have layered it with strawberries, blueberries and whipped topping to make it sort of like a trifle. Since there were only 5 of us eating, I let everyone make their own little desserts in bowls. You can also use pound cake for this recipe, but I just love angel food cake made with crushed pineapple!
It was delicious! You could also use raspberries or blackberries in this; whatever berries you find most tasty! Instead of Cool Whip, which I used, you can use real whipped cream or Ready Whip. You could even use pudding if you prefer! This makes a simple and delicious patriotic dessert that you can serve on any of the patriotic holidays here in the USA!
If you are in the United States, what did you do to celebrate Independence Day? If you cooked out, what was your favorite item on the menu?
This sounds completely refreshing. I like all the different twists you suggested for it too. YUMMY!
It was so good! And, of course, it is already gone!
My mum used to love making Angel cake and being American, I love seeing red, white and blue desserts! This is perfect for today the 4th of July and so reminds me of fun childhood Angel Cake memories!
Awww! I love people who can make it from scratch…not me!
That looks really good! What a fun idea to let them make their own dessert.
Thank you! We loved it! Some people used more whipped cream than others, of course lol.
Oh I love pineapple! Seems easy to me! I want to get a kitchen aid mixer so I can bake more things! I love that you could probably add any kind of fruit as a topping too!
I need a Kitchen Aid too! This one only required a spoon since I used the crushed pineapple, thankfully!
I love the idea of putting berries into angelfood cake. I have been eating that for years and never considered putting berries into the deal. Excellent!
It is so yummy!
LOve when a dessert has fruits in it, make it a little guilt free to eat. This is a great idea that I would love to try.
That is true! Plus using pineapple instead of oil in the cake makes it lower fat 🙂
Yum! That looks so good! We love any desserts with fruits – we’ll have to try this.
I do too! You feel less guilt that way 🙂
Omg! This is such a great idea. Totally pinning to try for Labor Day!
Thanks! It is really refreshing and EASY!
We didn’t really do much yesterday but we did enjoy some hot dogs. I would love to try this dessert.
Hot dogs on the 4th is a must!
This looks like easy to prepare! Not only that, it looks healthy and guilt-free to eat!
Yes, that is the best thing about it!
Happy belated 4th of july, I am loving the dessert and it’s making me so hungry so early in the morning.
I know! When I look at all the food people post, it makes me so hungry!
We had angel food cake with a patriotic look for the holiday too. I thought it was awesome. I haven’t had that type of cake in years! Your dishes look tasty here too. Hope you had a great holiday!
It was nice 🙂 Anytime I can have my mom’s macaroni salad is good 🙂
The dessert sounds so good and I love angel food cake. Yummy!!! It does sounds so easy and yummy to make indeed. I am for sure making this with raspberries and blueberries. Thanks for sharing.
You will love it!
i see pineapple! i’m already a fan! that’s my favorite fruit. hope you had a great holiday.
The pineapple sure makes the cake taste good! We did, thanks! Hope you did too!
We had a similar dessert for the 4th of July also. I used strawberries and whip cream on mine, what a hit!
You can’t go wrong with whipped cream!!
Love this! I’m not much of a baker, but my mom makes a delicious angel food cake. I bet it’s fantastic with pineapple!
It is! There used to be a lady I knew who made all different flavored angel food cakes. They were so good!
I have to ask what made you decide to add pineapple to the cake mix? While I like pineapple, I’m not big on it being in cakes as fillings, but I’ve never seen it added into the actual cake mix. Everything sounded very delicious!
I saw someone do it years ago! It was like one of those using cake mixes in a different way type of things. It makes it so moist!
This post made me so hungry! I’d love some beans, salad, and of course, the dessert!
Oh me too! That’s the best!!