A true blue English dessert, the trifle is a custard and assorted fruits preparation that bowls you over one layer at a time!
Ingredients
6 small pieces of sponge cake
Jam, as required
1 cup fruit juice (any), enough to soak the cake
1 ½ cups cut fruits like banana, pineapple, grapes, apple, etc
½ to ¾ cups of any biscuit, finely ground
1 ½ cup custard
½ cup fresh cream
½ tsp vanilla essence
Grated chocolate / glazed cherry for topping
For the custard
1 cup milk
2 tbsp sugar
¼ cup cold milk
Egg yolk of two eggs
1 tbsp corn flour
A pinch of salt
1 tbsp butter
1 tsp vanilla essence
Preparation
Cut across the sponge cake. Spread the jam on it. Cut into small pieces and keep for some time. Lay these under a large glass bowl
Pour fruit juice over it and leave the cake to soak for half an hour
Lay the fruits over the cake and sprinkle the crumbled biscuit
Pour custard over it. Keep in fridge and set it
Add vanilla essence to fresh cream and beat well. Pour over trifle and top it with grated chocolate or glazed cherry
To prepare custard, take milk and sugar in a saucepan and heat in low flame
Mix cold milk, egg yolk, corn flour and salt and beat well. Keep on beating this and pour the heated milk mixture into it. Add butter
Place this vessel in boiling water, constantly stir until it solidifies
Take it out when solidified. Add vanilla essence and stir. Keep it to cool. From this, use 1 ½ cups of custard for the trifle
