This recipe has a couple of items that need advance preparation. You'll want to begin making this dessert early in the day, or one day before you serve.
Advance Preparations
To begin, bake an angel food cake (either homemade or package variety) according to baking instructions. Allow to cool before cutting into pieces.
You may opt to buy an angel food cake that is already made. If so, the loaf type would work really well for this recipe. One should be enough.
Prepare strawberry and blueberry Jello according to package directions. Cover each and refrigerate to set.
If desired, you may add fresh cut strawberries to the strawberry Jello before it sets, and/or fresh blueberries to the blueberry Jello. One, Both, or None. Your choice.
Ready to Begin - Prepare Ingredients
Gather your ingredients so that you have everything close at hand on the counter or table. Rinse and drain the strawberries and blueberries. If desired, you may cut the strawberries in half or in chunks.
In a large mixing bowl and using a large wire whisk, whip together one container of whipped topping, marshmallow creme, and Fiori di Sicilia flavoring.
Cut the cake into bite-sized pieces. Alternately, you may slice the cake to fit a trifle dish. I've done both, and I have to say that using bite-sized pieces were the easiest way to make everything fit together.
Assemble the Dessert
Begin assembling the dessert by making the Red layer. Spoon the set strawberry Jello with strawberries to the bottom of the dish. If you didn't add strawberries to the Jello, spoon them over the Jello now in a single layer.
Next create the White layer, by spooning the whipped topping mixture over the strawberries. Generously add pieces of cake over the cream, and top with more whipped topping, pressing down to pack the cream.
The cake and cream is the "filler" for this dessert, and will take up the majority of the space. Use as much as you need to fill the dish, leaving just enough at the top for the blueberry jello.
Alternatively, I have mixed the cake pieces with the whipped cream. The trick is knowing how much cake you'll need as filler for your dessert, as I rarely use an entire cake. If your kiddos are willing to eat the extra cream mixture, mixing it all together saves you a step.
Finish with the Blue layer by spooning the blue Jello over the whipped cream mixture. Add fresh blueberries over the Jello, or use them to garnish the dish with additional whipped cream.
Serve immediately or cover and refrigerate until ready to serve. Serves 8.
Notes
To make a second version of this dessert, simply follow the ingredients above, but skip the Jello instructions. Depending on the size of your serving dish, you may need to double the amounts of angel food cake, whipped topping, marshmallow cream, Fiori di Sicilia and fruit. Assemble by layering the cake, whipped topping mixture, and fruit until you reach the top.
Both of these desserts are best served the day you make them.