This Berry Brownie Torte is a perfect treat for Memorial Day & Fourth of July BBQ’s, or any of your fun summer gatherings. Everyone will love this treat!
We are still getting settled into our new home. This process feels so slow.
Well, it is slow going since I am so slow at unpacking and I want everything to be in its final home when I unpack it, not unpack, move, move again, and move once more. So a little bit of everything is everywhere.
Thankfully, we are getting the kitchen under control. We’ve cooked a few things in there like baked chicken and some Kraft Mac & Cheese. Oh, let’s not forget cereal. Lots and lots of cereal.
Whipping up this super simple dessert took 4x longer than it should have as I am getting to know the new kitchen and move around the pots and pans (that need to get hung up- once we paint the wall and then put up the rack…).
That being said, I loved picking this dessert from Kristin’s blog, Troyer’s Loving Life, for this month’s installment of Secret Recipe Club.
I really love to make things from scratch all the time but there just comes a time when grabbing a box of brownie mix and box of instant pudding that works for me. And after a recent move this was the sort of “complicated” recipe I was looking forward to while enjoying our 3-day weekend- this was perfect.
I made some minor changes to the original recipe, but it’s so simple that there is not that much to change. The original recipe called for cool whip but I don’t love the taste of it, so I changed it to whipped cream. I will choose homemade whipped cream over Cool Whip any day. So I made that and folded that into the pudding. Also, after 2 trips to the grocery store in as many days I still managed to forget the condensed milk. I really kicked myself for that but I just could not get myself back in the car to go again for it so I just made the pudding the traditional way, but with a lot of less milk. Oh well, still tasty!
Plus it was win-win for Memorial Day- red white and blue!!
This summery dessert is a perfect treat for Memorial Day BBQ’s or Fourth of July Parties, or any of your fun summer gatherings. Everyone will love this treat!
Berry Brownie Torte
This summery dessert is a perfect treat for Memorial Day BBQ's or Fourth of July Parties, or any of your fun summer gatherings. Everyone will love this treat!
Ingredients
- 1 box of brownie mix, with eggs, water, oil to prepare according to directions
- 1 3.4 ounce box vanilla instant pudding
- 1 1/2 Cups whole milk
- 1 half pint of heavy whipping cream
- 1 Pound of strawberries; washed, stem removed, diced
- 1/4 Cup of blueberries
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F.
- Prepare your brownie mix according to the directions on the back of the box. Pour into 2 lined, sprayed 8" round baking pans. Bake for 18-20 minutes. Remove from pans and set aside to cool completely.
- While the brownies are baking, prepare the vanilla pudding by combining the mix with the milk. Let chill at least 30 minutes to set up.
- Mix the heavy whipping cream until stiff peaks have formed. Fold into the pudding and put back into the refrigerator.
- Lay 1 brownie layer on a serving dish. Put half the pudding mixture on the brownie and half the chopped strawberries.
- Repeat with 2nd brownie layer, pudding, and strawberries. Lastly, add the blueberries to the top.
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Check out my previous Secret Recipe Club Posts
Sauteed Green Beans with Lemon and Almonds
Check out the rest of the reveal day posts!
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Hi! So glad you enjoyed the recipe! It is always a winner.. I too love to make everything from scratch, but yes, sometimes, a quick and easy route just needs to happen…but no one would ever know it wasn’t homemade. The cool whip and SC milk def. help it to hold up better, but I’m sure it was still super yummy!
have a great day!
Berries and chocolate (well, brownies) – sounds like exactly my kind of dessert. Your photos are beautiful and that looks so good. Perfect choice!
yum, that looks awesome! I love anything with brownie in it 🙂 I had your blog for May, loved it!!!! I made your candy bark which was perfect because I’m in high school and we have been cramming in a ton of projects and last minute assignments before the summer and this was a perfect yummy thing to make without the oven (house is SO HOT right now) and it hardly took any time. We were completely addicted to them stuff and couldn’t stop just grabbing for “one more”
This tore looks so delicious!! I hate moving, too. We just moved two weeks ago, and I’ve worked like mad to try and get all the boxes out, but there are still a few lingering here and there. Good luck getting everything unpacked!
I sympathize with your moving/unpacking chores, and think you chose the perfect solution in this recipe! (visiting from Group D)
That looks delicious and simple. Perfect for company that shows up on short notice (which happens to me quite often) or a busy weekend! I’m pinning it–great choice!
Looks wonderful…great for the summer now that fresh berries are in season! Great SRC pick!
This looks delicious! Perfect for any summer celebration. Moving house is very stressful so I’m impressed you had time to make this – well done! There’s no shame in using ready made if the occasion calls for it!
Looks good to me! And how do you not like the taste of Cool Whip?! I could eat it with spoon.
your cake really does look like it was made with love. 🙂
also, moving is balls. big balls. the kitchen is always the first room i unpack too. i’m impressed you’ve gone to such effort to do your src post whilst in such chaos.
happy SRC reveal darlin!
I am seriously not a fan of cool whip…. something about the taste and I swear it leaves a waxy feeling in my mouth. This torte sounds awesome!
same! I used to eat it and now stopped. It seems oily/waxy to me. I do put it in some things but I figured with this I would try it whipped cream
Oh. My. Word. This brownie dessert looks just scrumptious….to die for d’lish! 🙂
Oh man does this ever look tasty! Too bad calories don’t not count or else I might be all over this and not share it. haha!
Great dessert choice! I’ll have one whole torte, please. And no, I’m not sharing 🙂
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