Berry Summer Pudding From Woman's World 6/22/09

Total Time: 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1 (10 ounce) angel food cake
• 2 (3 ounce) packages strawberry flavored jello gelatin
• 1 1/2 cups water
• 1 1/2 cups grape juice
• 8 cups assorted berries
• whipped topping (optional)
• mint (optional)
• 2 tablespoons grand marnier (optional)

Recipe

• 1 coat 2-1/2 quart (7 1/2"x3") souffle dish with cooking spray; line with plastic wrap leaving 6" overhang.
• 2 cut the angel food cake into 16 pieces; reserve. stir 2 pkgs jello into 1 1/2 cups boiling water until dissolved; stir in 1 1/2 cups grape juice.
• 3 toss 8 cups assorted berries with jello (cut the strawberries into quarters).
• 4 in a blender, puree 1/4 of berry mixture; stir back into jello mixture.
• 5 with slotted spoon transfer 1/2 the berry mixture to dish.
• 6 top with 1/2 the cake slices in even layer; press down.
• 7 repeat with remaining berry mixture and cake. pour any remaining liquid over pudding; fold over plastic wrap. place 7" plate over pudding; top with heavy can.
• 8 refrigerate at least 6 hours or overnight.
• 9 open plastic wrap and invert pudding onto plate; remove plastic wrap.
• 10 if desired, garnish with whipped topping, berries and mint.