English Trifle

Living very close to Wimbledon has definitely rubbed on some serious tennis interest in me. Last Sunday when it was Wimbledon final I was all set to watch the game with a classic English trifle. It was a nail biting game indeed, we were supporting Djokovic and I really jumped out of joy when he won! Now that the Wimbledon is over I am following football religiously. I would have loved to see in Brazil in final but now that they are gone I am supporting Argentina J

Anyway coming back to topic, it’s so easy to assemble this trifle and all you need to cook is   some home -made custard. In case if you don’t want to make homemade custard use custard powder which is also pretty good.

Ingredients (Serves 4 )

Trifle Sponges/ Sponge cakes – 8

Strawberry jam – 8 tsp

Brandy – 2tbs (optional) ( dissolve 2 tbs of  brandy in 2 tbs of water and add 1 tsp of sugar)

Home- made custard ( recipe here)– 2 cups ( thick consistency )

Whipped cream – 300 ml

Icing sugar – 2 tbs

Strawberry and banana slices – 1 cup

Method

• Slice the sponge lengthwise into two and  spread the  jam and sandwich it back.
• Place the sponges into a one big  trifle bowl or in individual dessert bowls.
• Sprinkle brandy (if using ) on the sponges and leave it for 2-3 minutes for soaking.
• Pour home- made custard on top of it .
• Spread the fruits slices
• Finally whip some cream with icing sugar and spread it on top layer.
• Allow it to set for an hour or 2 and serve chilled !