Shelly's Recipe

RUM TRIFLE

Category: Trifles

1 large pound cake
2 tbsp rum or sherry
Slivered almonds
Cooked, cooled vanilla pudding
1 (9 oz) container whipped topping
2 containers sweet frozen strawberries in syrup, thawed
1 pint fresh strawberries, sliced

Break cake into cubes. Drizzle rum over cake. Mix thawed strawberries with cake, very well, but toss lightly. Cake will be very mashed up. Pat down cake mixture in bottom of glass trifle bowl. Sprinkle lightly with almonds. Pour cooled cooked pudding over almonds. Spread whipped topping over pudding. Garnish with more slivered almonds and a circle of fresh strawberries around edge of bowl.