Pumpkin Trifle

OK, I know, I suck. I forgot to take pictures as I was making it, and even once it was done. But, the nice thing about trifles is that they're easy, always look pretty, and are hard to mess up!

I wanted to make a pumpkin trifle for Ambrose's baptism today, being the season and all. I looked and looked and looked but the only versions I could find online called for gingerbread or gingersnap cookies, and I'm not really a gingerbread kinda girl. So, I decided to take all of the things I love about pumpkin pie and make that in to a trifle. Therefor, here it is, my very own recipe for a pumpkin trifle.

Ingredients

2 packages vanilla pudding - prepared as told on package

1 8 oz can pure pumpkin puree

cool whip or whipped cream (i used 2 containers of cool whip)

1/2 angel food cake (typical store bought size)

pumpkin pie spices

1 package graham crackers

1 cup toasted hazelnuts

To Prepare Ingredients

Prepare pudding as directed on the package
mix pumpkin in to pudding

break angel food cake up in to small pieces (about 1"-2") and sprinkle with pumpkin pie seasoning

Crush graham crackers to crumbs and hazelnuts to small pieces, toss together

Layers

I assembled the trifle in this order - but you can change it to whatever you'd like. I do suggest starting with the cake to build a base, the last layer being the cool whip, and then topping with crumbs and hazelnuts to garnish.

angel food cake

1/2 pumpkin/pudding mixture

1/2 cool whip or whipped cream

3/4 hazelnuts/graham cracker crumbs

1/2 pumpkin/pudding mixture

1/2 cool whip or whipped cream

1/4 sprinkle top with graham cracker crumbs and hazelnuts