Strawberry Heaven Dessert is an easy no-bake dessert recipe with fluffy angel food cake, strawberry pie filling, creamy pudding, and Cool Whip. It’s light, fruity, creamy, and always a crowd-pleaser at summer gatherings, Easter, and potlucks.
For more delicious strawberry desserts, be sure to try Strawberry Banana Pudding and Strawberry Ricotta Cake.
If you love angel food cake with strawberries and whipped cream, this Strawberry Heaven recipe is for you! It's light, fluffy, fruity, and fast and easy to make with layers of moist cake, pie filling, creamy vanilla pudding, and Cool Whip or whipped cream on top.
It was the hands-down favorite at our Easter this year, and I love that it's easy to customize with different pudding flavors or pie fillings for any holiday or special occasion.
This Heaven on Earth Cake with pistachio pudding and cherry pie filling is a pretty red and green dessert to serve at Christmastime.
❤️You're Going to Love This
- Easy no-bake, make-ahead dessert, perfect for summer, potlucks, or holidays.
- Made with simple ingredients like pudding mix, store-bought or homemade angel food cake, and pie filling
- Light, refreshing, fluffy dessert, like a dreamy, creamy strawberry trifle.
- Feeds a crowd and disappears fast.
- Easy strawberry angel food cake dessert recipe you can customize with different cake, pie fillings, and pudding flavors.
🍓Ingredients
See recipe card at the bottom of the post for the full list of ingredients and exact amounts.
- Angel food cake. Homemade, box mix, or store-bought angel food cake. I used a box mix.
- Vanilla instant pudding mix. French vanilla, cheesecake, or white chocolate flavors also work. Use two 4-serving-size boxes.
- Sour cream. Adds a slight tang and richness, balancing out the sweetness. You can substitute with plain Greek yogurt.
- Cool Whip. If you're not into Cool Whip, try Truwhip or add fresh whipped cream right before serving.
- Toasted almonds. Optional, but they add delicious crunch and nutty flavor.
🫐Substitutions
- Cake. Swap out vanilla sponge cake or pound cake cubes for the angel food cake.
- Pie filling. Substitute blueberry, apple, raspberry, or cherry pie filling.
- Pudding. Try different pudding flavors like chocolate, pistachio, butterscotch, or lemon.
- Toppings. Crushed vanilla wafers, Oreos, chocolate chips, or fresh strawberries or blueberries would all be delicious toppings.
🍒Variations
Create your own recipe by mixing and matching cake, pie filling, and pudding flavors to suit your taste. Here are some fun ideas!
- Black forest. Cherry pie filling and chocolate pudding topped with mini chocolate chips.
- Pumpkin apple. Apple pie filling and pumpkin pudding topped with crushed gingersnaps.
- Lemon blueberry. Blueberry pie filling, lemon pudding*, and fresh blueberries on top.
- Peaches and cream. Peach pie filling and cheesecake pudding.
- Chocolate raspberry. Raspberry pie filling and chocolate pudding, topped with fresh raspberries.
- Blackberry lemon. Blackberry pie filling and lemon pudding*, topped with fresh blackberries and lemon zest.
*If you're like me and think lemon pudding can be a little too artificially lemon, use one box lemon pudding and one box vanilla pudding and add some fresh lemon zest.
🥣How to Make Strawberry Heaven on Earth Cake
Step 1: Whisk pudding mix with milk and sour cream until smooth and creamy.
Step 2: Cut angel food cake into 1-inch pieces. Layer half the angel food cake cubes in a 9x13 cake pan. Spread strawberry pie filling on top of the cubed angel food cake.
Step 3: Add remaining cake pieces on top. Spread vanilla pudding mixture over the cake layer.
Step 4: Spread Cool Whip over the vanilla pudding layer, cover, and chill for at least 6 hours. Sprinkle with toasted almonds before serving, optional.
🔪How to Cut the Angel Food Cake Into Cubes
If the cake is very soft, place it in the freezer for about 30 minutes to firm it up before slicing.
Using a serrated knife and a gentle sawing motion, slice the cake in half vertically (top to bottom).
Then cut each half horizontally into three layers.
Slice each layer into rows.
Then cut across to form bite-sized cubes.
☑️Tips
- Cut the angel food cake with a serrated knife using a sawing motion to keep from crusing the cake.
- Chill time is key. Let it set for at least 6 hours so the flavors can meld and the texture firms up.
- Use cold milk for the pudding so it sets properly.
- Customize it with your favorite flavors of pudding and pie filling.
🎁Storage
Store leftovers tightly covered with plastic wrap or in an airtight container for 3-4 days.
📅Make Ahead
Strawberry angel cake dessert is great to make ahead because it needs 6 hours to chill and tastes better the next day!
❓FAQs
Yes! This dessert actually gets better as it chills. Make it 6–24 hours in advance for the best flavor and texture.
Yes. Store-bought, from a box mix, or homemade all work great.
Yes! French vanilla or cheesecake pudding both pair deliciously with strawberries.
You can substitute plain Greek yogurt.
No. They’re optional, but add a lovely crunch. Try crushed vanilla wafer or shortbread cookie crumbs, chocolate chips, or fresh berries instead.
Yes. If using fresh whipped cream, spread it evenly over the pudding layer just before serving.
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📖 Recipe
Strawberry Heaven Dessert
Ingredients
- 1 angel food cake baked from a mix, store-bought, or homemade
- 21 ounces strawberry pie filling
- 2 boxes instant vanilla pudding mix (4-serving size boxes) or French vanilla or cheesecake
- 2 ½ cups cold milk
- 1 cup sour cream
- 8 ounces Cool Whip
- 2-3 tablespoons toasted almonds, optional
Instructions
- In a large bowl, whisk together the pudding mix and about 1 cup of milk until smooth. Slowly whisk in the rest of the milk, then the sour cream, for about 2 minutes. Set aside.
- Cut angel food cake into 1-inch cubes. Arrange ½ of them in an even layer in a 9 x 13 pan. Spread the strawberry pie filling evenly on top of the cake cubes.
- Layer the remaining angel food cake cubes on top of the pie filling. Dollop the vanilla pudding on top of the cake and spread into an even layer. Evenly spread the Cool Whip on top. Cover and chill at least 6 hours.
- Before serving, sprinkle the top with toasted almonds.
Notes
- Cut the angel food cake with a serrated knife using a sawing motion to keep from crushing the cake.
- Chill time is key. Let it set for at least 6 hours so the flavors can meld and the texture firms up.
- Use cold milk for the pudding so it sets properly.
- Customize it with your favorite flavors of pudding and pie filling.
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