Trifle is a layered English dessert made from sponge cake, custard, whipped cream and fruits. Sponge cakes are usually dipped in sherry or other preferred alcohol in traditional recipe. I made a simple syrup with rose flavoring for that purpose. Trifle is a classic English dessert that still has its place on table set for any celebration. Multiple elegant layers set in the glass trifle bowl can elevate the mood of the party even when its time to go home. The presentation in the bowl looks so awesome but personally I don’t like it when it served.. It looks like a messy blob of cake. Now I know why the individual bowls of trifle are more preferred than the big one.
This is the easiest dessert for the party as you can buy the basic ingredients readymade from the store and assemble it in few minutes. What I really like about this dessert is the different colors and layers gives the explosion of tastes and textures in the mouth.
- CAKE LAYER
- Sponge cake, Pound cake, Angle Food Cake- Cake of your choice
- Sugar Simple Syrup
- CUSTARD LAYER
- 3 cups Whole Milk
- 1 1/2 tsp. Vanilla Extract
- 4 tbsp. Sugar
- 3 tbsp. Custard Powder
- FRUIT LAYER
- 2 cups sliced fresh Strawberries
- 1 cup fresh Blueberries
- 2 cups Mangoes, cubed
- 1 cup Grapes, cut halves
- 1 cup Pineapple, cubed
- WHIPPED CREAM
- 1 1/2 cups Heavy Whipping Cream
- 4 tbsp. powdered Sugar
- Few drops Rose flavoring
- Mix the custard powder with 1/4 cup of milk and whisk well until smooth. (no lumps)
- Boil rest of the milk with sugar.
- Add the custard and vanilla essence to the boiling milk.
- Keep stirring until the custard starts to thicken. This will take about 5-7 minutes.
- Cool completely, and refrigerate preferably overnight.
- Combine the heavy whipping cream, and the powdered sugar in a larger mixer bowl.
- Beat on high until stiff peaks form.
- Keep chilled in the refrigerator until ready to use.
- Place 1/2 of the cake cubes in the bottom of the trifle dish.
- Drizzle the sugar syrup over the cake.
- Top the cake cubes with custard followed by fruits and whipped cream.
- Repeat layers one more times or according to the size of dish.
- Decorate the top with fresh fruit.
- Keep chilled until ready to serve.