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Trifle

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Trifle

A classic British layered dessert, building up sponge, fruity jelly, smooth custard and whipped cream in a glass bowl.

Total time
270 min
Prep
270 min
Cook
0 min
Difficulty
medium
Cuisine
British
vegetarian

Ingredients

8trifle sponges or swiss roll slices
4 tbspsherry or fruit juice
1 packetraspberry jelly, made and cooled to syrupy
400gmixed fresh or tinned fruit
500mlstore-bought custard
1 cupthickened cream
2 tbspicing sugar
1 tspvanilla extract
flaked almonds and glacé cherriesto decorate

Instructions

1

Layer sponges in a large trifle bowl. Drizzle with sherry.

2

Add fruit. Pour syrupy jelly over. Refrigerate 2 hours until set.

3

Pour custard over jelly layer.

4

Whip cream with icing sugar and vanilla. Spread over custard.

5

Decorate with almonds and cherries. Refrigerate 2 hours.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement. Some ingredients in this recipe couldn't be matched to a reference value, so treat this as a rough estimate.

Calories
219
Protein
1.2g
Fat
21.3g
Carbs
5.5g
Fiber
0g
Sodium
16mg

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