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English Trifle Recipe


English Trifle Recipe
A trifle of this and a trifle of that. Our family understanding of how trifle evolved. Known as a "poor man's dessert" - a trifle was a combination of desserts from the week - maybe one day you had custard - the next was cake. Tossed together and ... More

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Ingredients
  • Sunbeam Pound Cake - See recipe on this site - Best if dried out a day or so.
  • Bird's Custard Mix
  • Fruit of Choice
  • 1 or 2 cartons of heavy whipping cream for Whipped topping

Directions
  1. Use a big bowl for this! :)
  2. Break pound cake down into bite sized pieces.
  3. Prepare Bird's custard according to package instructions.
  4. Add hot custard to pound cake bits.
  5. Add fruit of choice - we love to use canned pineapple tidbits. Strawberries are great too!
  6. Fold all ingredients together gently.
  7. Whipped Topping
  8. Using a mixer - beat heavy whipping cream to stiff peaks.
  9. We prefer to leave the cream unsweetened. It enhances the flavor of the trifle.
  10. This is just our version of a great dessert! Have fun with it!

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Sounds good!


Love the history behind any dish. This will be wonderful...thanks and ^5 for the post.
Joymarie


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