Heaven On Earth Cake
Creamy, indulgent, and reminiscent of the cake your grandma used to make, this Heaven-on-Earth cake is perfect for gatherings and potlucks! Layered with soft, fluffy, angel food cake and a rich sour cream pudding mixture, this cake recipe will have people coming back for second servings in a flash.
Super moist and almost trifle-like, Heaven-on-Earth cake is a traditional
It’s deliciously indulgent and can be varied easily enough to use in-season fruits to maximize flavor. And since it needs to settle for a bit, it’s the perfect
What Do I Need To Make This Heaven On Earth Cake?
With layers of angel cake and then pudding swirled with pie mix, this heaven-on-earth cake requires easy-to-find ingredients so that you can whip it up any time of year.
- Angel cake, store-bought or prepared
- Instant
vanilla pudding package - Milk
- Sour cream
- Almond extract, you can swap with Vanilla Extract
- Strawberry pie filling
- Cool whip
- Chopped almonds
What Can I Use Instead Of Cool Whip?
Cool Whip is used simply because it holds up in a
Tips To Make The Best Heaven On Earth Cake
This kind of cake needs a few solid hours of chilling time for the angel food cake to soak up all the flavors. This means that it’s best made the night before you need it. This is why non-stabilized whipped cream is needed for this recipe.
Though the cake is delicious in a baking dish, if you serve it in a trifle bowl, guests can see the layers of the
You need to make the angel food cake in advance. Before assembling the heaven-on-earth cake, make sure that the angel cake has cooled completely.
How To Vary The Recipe
The best part about a heaven-on-earth cake is that there are so many ways to make it unique!
Pie filling: any flavor of pie filling will work in this case, which means it’s an easy way to change up the flavors. My homemade bing cherry pie filling is our favorite and perfect for summertime.
Sunshine twist: in place of the almond extract, add fresh lemon juice or zest to give it a burst of refreshing flavor.
The crunch: though it calls for almonds, any nuts will work. Try using pecans or pistachios for an indulgent twist. And of course you can leave them off if you have a nut allergy.
The base: Angel foods cake is the most common for a heaven on earth cake as it absorbs the pudding mixture the best. However, pound cake,
How To Store The Cake
You can store leftovers in the same way you let the cake chill. Wrap the serving dish in plastic wrap and pop it into the fridge for 2 days.
Do not store the heaven-on-earth cake. The texture from the pudding once thawed doesn’t hold up. If you must, make the angel food cake and store that in the freezer until you need it.
Other Favorite Cake Recipes
A good cake recipe is crucial during BBQ and Holiday seasons. One of my go-to cakes is orange pound cake because everyone loves it. Below are a few other recipes I use often:
Heaven on Earth Cake
Ingredients
- 1 Angel Cake prepared
- 3.4 ounce package instant vanilla pudding 4 serving package
- 1 c milk
- 1 c sour cream
- ½ tsp almond extract or use vanilla
- 20 ounces strawberry pie filling or cherries
- 8 ounces Cool Whip
- 1 T chopped almond pieces
Instructions
- In a medium bowl, combine the milk, sour cream, pudding mix and almond flavoring. Whisk until combined, Set aside
- Cut up the prepared Angel Food Cake into 1-inch size cubes
- Place half of them in the bottom of a 13×9 or similar sized baking dish. Set aside.
- Dollop about half of the pie filling in spoonfuls over the cake pieces.
- Cover with the remaining cake pieces and gently press down to create an even layer
- Spread the pudding mix evenly over the cake pieces
- Top with the cool whip and spread evenly to the edges.
- Dollop the remaining pie filling over the cool whip.
- Loosely cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 4 hours.
- Sprinkle with the almond pieces and serve.
