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Trifle (British Layered Sponge and Custard)

Name: Trifle (British Layered Sponge and Custard)
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 70 min
Yield: 8 servings
Cuisine: United Kingdom
Ingredients: sponge cake, sliced 600 g; sherry 120 ml; milk 600 ml; custard powder 60 g; sugar 100 g; egg yolks 4 pieces; strawberries, sliced 500 g; raspberries 200 g; heavy cream 400 ml; raspberry jam 100 g

Sponge soaked with sherry, layered with fruit, custard and cream.

70 minutes · 8 servings · Moderate

Trifle is one of the few genuinely inherited dishes, and the sherry in the sponge is not optional nostalgia; it is what keeps the layers distinct instead of dissolving into each other. Fruit goes on at the bottom so its juice reaches the sponge, and the custard sets before the cream goes on. Assembled cold, eaten the next day.

Ingredients

sponge cake, sliced600 g
sherry120 ml
milk600 ml
custard powder60 g
sugar100 g
egg yolks4 pieces
strawberries, sliced500 g
raspberries200 g
heavy cream400 ml
raspberry jam100 g

Directions

1
Whisk yolks, sugar and custard powder; cook with milk 8 minutes until thick.
2
Line a dish with jam; add sponge soaked in sherry, fruit and custard in layers.
3
Chill 3 hours.
4
Top with whipped cream and more fruit.

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