Fruit Salad Dessert Cake In A Punch Bowl

Total Time: 2 hrs Preparation Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1 (18 ounce) package yellow cake mix
• 1 (4 ounce) vanilla pudding mix
• 1 (8 ounce) can pineapple chunks (reserve juice)
• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
• 1 (8 ounce) can mandarin segments, drained
• 2 cups fresh strawberries, halved
• 1/2 cup fresh blueberries
• 1 (8 ounce) container cool whip, thawed
• 1/4 cup pecans, chopped
• 1/2 cup maraschino cherry

Recipe

• 1 prepare cake according to package directions. cool completely. split cake in half horizontally to make 2 layers.
• 2 prepare pudding mix according to package directions.
• 3 drain pineapple, reserving 2 tablespoons juice. set pineapple aside. beat reserved juice into cream cheese.
• 4 spread half of cream cheese mixture over top of each cake layer.
• 5 in 3 quart punch bowl or large glass salad bowl, spoon half of the pineapple chunks. place one cake layer on top, then arrange in layers, 1/2 of mandarin segments, strawberries, 1/2 of blueberries, 1/2 of pudding.
• 6 spread with 1/2 of the whipped cream and sprinkle with 1/2 of the pecans.
• 7 repeat layering beginning with rest of pineapple and blueberries and add cherries on top.
• 8 sprinkle more chopped pecans, if like.