The Royal Jubilee Trifle

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Who's going to make this at home? A fiddly trifle full of home made this and thats, it looks very pretty and also like a time consuming faff, destined to be poked around on plates as people fish out bits they like or don't like. Poor winner.8

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she did buy the amaretti biscuits. Apparently that was a step too far

I hate trifle so it's a no from me.
I also dislike coronation chicken and not so bothered about Victoria sponge, think it's a bit boring.
Royals have awful taste imo.

I love trifle and own the identical bowl (an Argos special). I'll make it but will buy the Swiss roll and make the rest - not sure about the bark, might make it out of dark choc to balance the citrus.

I think it would probably be as tasty and easier to just eat some lemon curd topped with whipped cream with a spoon. Mmmmmm

What a nasty mean-spirited article that was.

O come on, Rachel Cooke writes about food. That's a bit like surmising Delia Smith is a coke sniffing, fur coat wearing Mars bar eater because she made the cake on the cover photo of one of the Rolling Stones' LPs. Nothing could be further from the truth and if a professional foodie found the trifle a bit much to construct, well the Monarchy's survived worse and will doubtless continue to do so.

My comment was about the tone of the article. Referring to the amateur who won the competition by her surname struck me as unnecessarily sniffy. She also said the recipe was badly written. Well, she's attempted to follow it, and I haven't, but I have skimmed through it and it seemed perfectly clear to me, and there was nothing surprising in the ingredients or method of any of the components. She claimed that there was an ingredient that was suddenly needed and came as a surprise, so she didn't have it and had to use cornflour instead. Maybe the recipe has been edited since she was given it, but that ingredient is there now, because I noticed it the first time I looked through the recipe and thought I would need to buy it specially (it's arrowroot). So yes, I stand by what I said. Mean-spirited.

Hoping good old mark's and Spencer do this ready made. Can't be doing with all the faff

Oh, fair enough then, you've given it far more concentrated attention than I, so my apologies.

I love trifle and will give it a go. I thought it was the most accessible out of them all.

I tried it with fresh strawberries but everyone complained. I don’t use any other tinned fruit but tinned strawberries just seem to work.
Its a Christmas dessert and very rich so not suitable for the summer.
I thought that all the puddings were a bit complex and not really reproducible. Baking really is a precise science and if you try to improvise it can be a disaster.

I don’t know if you’ve found the recipes on line yet but here’s a Link for them

Is there a thread for people who made this and how it turned out?

I had some after dinner this evening (completely home made but not by me) and it was absolutely delicious. A worthy winner. Rich and sweet but light and fruity simultaneously. If I could lay my hands on any amaretti I'd make one myself!

I made it yesterday from bought ingredients. It was absolutely fabulous. I served it with a glass of chilled amaretto.
I was pleased it won because i. I LOVE trifle and ii. You could substitute ingredients and mix and match bought with home made.

I'm serving mine today at our street party. I bought amaretti and lemon curd, made everything else.
I have also made coronation chicken fully old school using my mums recipe which she used to do at all big occasions, and a victoria sponge.

Dd and dh made this and it looks impressive.

A lot of faff though; homemade Swiss roll, homemade lemon curd, home made ameretti biscuits.

However, I wont be having any of it as I cannot stand jelly.

I'm not.

Enjoyed eating a jubilee biscuit and muting the sound on the tv when the second reading of the services from St Paul's was on!

I've just made one.... it's a bit of a disaster. I am sure it will taste nice, but it's a bit of a mess! The jelly soaked into the sponge, the coulis was runny, and the layers aren't very pronounced. I halved the recipe though, and used a lot of bought ingredients, and my bowl isn't quite right. Hey ho. Going to good friends later. I did warn them it might just turn out to be fruit and cream!!!!

@BigWoollyJumpers Did you use fresh custard, custard powder or make it from scrath?
Hope it went well with your friends.

Actually in the end it firmed up, and tasted really nice. Friends kept back a few portions to eat over the weekend 😀

I was VERY lazy and used Waitrose Lemon Swiss roll, Hartleys Lemon Jelly, Waitrose Fresh Essential Custard, bought Amaretti, and only made the Mandarin Coulis, which didn't really thicken.... but as I say, tasted really nice...

@BigWoollyJumpers that looks so good!! 🍋🍊

I made it half from scratch- Swiss roll , Amaretti biscuits , couli jelly and shards . Bought the curd and custard which I flavoured with lemon zest.

I like to bake and make desserts. This, IMO was leagues ahead of the competition and obviously the winner once they tasted it. Bar the cheesecake tart this was the only one that I desperately hankered after.

A deserving winner and one I'll be making for a sunny day!