Decorated Tin

May 24, 2009 5:15 am | Toys

Has Anyone Tried a good English Trifle and what's your fave recipe for it?

Mine is an authentic 18th century English one:

A) Place pieces of real all-butter Madeira cake in the bottom of your best glass bowl
B) Stick some of the cake together with raspberry jam
C) Sprinkle the cake generously with with a good sweet Cream Sherry or a good sweet Madeira fortified wine
D) Use diced fresh fruit or drain one tin of strawberries and one tin of fruit cocktail - and scatter over the cake
E) Either make one pint of real custard, or use a good bought one and pour this over the cake and fruit (Ambrosia is good)
F)Cover with a thick layer (10 fluid ounces) of whipped double cream that has had two spoonfuls of Amarretto added
G) Decorate with halved glace cherries and cut angelica and sprinkle with toasted sliced almonds

You now have a real English Trifle.

NB: Adding gello/jelly over cake is NOT authentic and is a modern craving. Jelly should be made with real fruit juices/fruit and served separately, from a mould, and then decorated with piped cream.

You just wanted to show off didn't you. Are we all invited to share some?

Mine's swiss rolls set in strawberry jelly thats had a tin of strawberries added to it. Pour over ambrosia custard. Then whip up some double cream and layer over. Grate some dark choc and sprinkle on top. Dot with glace cherries. Job done. At xmas I soak the rolls in sherry, and add some to the jelly.

There you now have a quick and easy trifle - with jelly.