Trifle ideas

[LeonardoAcropolis]

Hello, I've bought myself a smart trifle bowl, purely because I liked it .

I do love a trifle, but would welcome some ideas and inspiration from mnetters.

What's your favourite? doesn't have to be a trifle, any dessert that can be. presented in a trifle bowl will do.

Delia's traditional sherry trifle is my favourite.

I did a baileys trifle one Xmas. Was to die for. No jelly and lots of alcohol for me.
I always think the sliced up Swiss roll looks nice in those fancy trifle dishes.
Saw today they had them 1/3 off in sainsburys.
Oh just remembered what about Black Forest gateaux style trifle. Heaven

i'm off to google bailey's trifle

And please can we stop the food talk ! If it's not trifle it's a thread on Xmas lattes or eating peanut butter.
Just stop. I am on a cabbage soup diet for a week and it's not helping

Do my port and raspberry one - will give recipe if you want it.

I'd like the port and raspberry recipe please

As an alternative to plain cream on the top, we now favour an eton mess concoction of meringue, fresh fruit and cream.

Ooohh i agree, a Black Forest trifle would look great in a large bowl, chocolate cherries and cream, delicious!!
Or how about an Italian trifle, peaches and custard or cream, no jelly.
Or a fruit jelly made with sparkling wine.

i never put jelly into a trifle, it's an ABOMINATION!

i keep meaning to do a Black Forest one, with chocolate custard too!!

Mostly I go almond and raspberry...so...sponge fingers or lovely cake, rasps, amaretti biscuits, rasp jam, more amaretti, custard, lots and lots of cream and chocolate shavings on top I like sherry and amaretto sloshed geneorous over the sponge base.

I really fancy a lemon one too....lemon drizzle sponge in the bottom drowned in limoncello, gorgeous lemony custard, maybe some crushed meringues, def homemade lemon curd...lashings of cream!

i love trifle. I really do.

*generously

....the thought of trifle has upset my spelling!

Port and raspberry

I use either a big raspberry swiss roll, or Madeira cake, or the posh trifle sponges the name of which I have forgotten, rather than the cheap sugary stick ones.

So - layer some cake in the bottom and around the sides of your beautiful dish.
Sprinkle or liberally throw port all over it.
Shove in a load of raspberries, and drizzle/slosh/pour more port over.
Make a top layer of cake and annoint/splash/bathe with further port.
Pour custard all over that (I use the posh ready made stuff with bits of vanilla in).
Leave for a few hours or more.
Whip cream then spread all over top.
Put toasted flaked almonds on top of that.
You can make a port syrup from a reduction of port and sugar and drizzle that over too, but I generally don't bother unless feeling particularly ponced up/flush with port.
Devour - ideally alone, with a spade.

Mix fresh custard with a tub of mascarpone, tastes amazing.

thanks Remus

I have a pic of DH with the trifle bowl and a giant spoon from last xmas

Banoffee trifle? I had a yummy recipe once but unfortunately I can't remember where it was from

Ive made this before and it's INCREDIBLE www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/black_forest_trifle_62822

wow! thank you for your ideas, I do like the sound of the Black Forest trifle and Remus' s trifle.

Damntheclockchange, Delia Smith did a banoffee trifle, recipe is probably online.

You could make a tiramisu trifle using chocolate instead of coffee or mocha it looks lovely in a pretty bowl.

Thanks Remus! Sounds gorgeous.