Cherry angel food trifle

This is absolutely decadent!

What you’ll need:

• 5 c angel food cake cubes (1 store bought angel food cake)
• 1/4 c cherry liqueur (optional)
• 1 c powdered sugar
• 1 (3 oz) pkg cream cheese, softened
• 1 (8oz) carton frozen whipped topping, thawed
• 1/2 c toasted, chopped pecans
• 1 (21 oz) can cherry pie filling

Place cake cubes in a large bowl and cover with cherry liqueur. Let stand 30 minutes. In a medium bowl, cream sugar and cream cheese well. Fold in all but 2 Tbl of the whipped topping. Stir into cake cubes. Add pecans and mix well. Spoon 1/2 of the mixture into serving bowl. Top that with 1/2 of the cherry pie filling. Top that with the other 1/2 of the cake cube mixture and then top that with the other 1/2 of the cherry pie filling. Refrigerate at least 3 hours. Top with the reserved 2 Tbl whipped topping and serve. Feeds 8 – 10.

Cost:

angel food cake from bakery – $3.25
cherry liqueur – $2.25
powdered sugar – $1.67
cream cheese – $0.98
frozen whipped topping – $1.78
pecans – $3.00/lb
pie filling – $1.99

Total – $10.05