Festive Black Forest Trifle Bowl

Festive Black Forest Trifle Bowl recipe to create for dessert on Christmas day. Layered with chocolate cake, custard, cream and cherries.

Festive Black Forest Trifle Bowl

Delicious Festive Black Forest Trifle Bowl Recipe for Christmas Day Dessert. Indulge in a delightful dessert this Christmas with a layered creation featuring chocolate sponge cake, creamy chocolate custard, whipped cream, and juicy cherries. Garnished with shaved chocolate on the topping. The sponge cake is an Oven Bake recipe and the custard and cream are No Bake stove top ideas to add to this delicious dessert of a trifle bowl pudding. Alcohol free but used cherry juice on the sponge to add some flavor.

What is a substitute for Black Forest Cake liqueur?

A substitute for a black forest cake liquor, is to use cherry juice or raspberry juice, or a mix of both and even orange juice. For a no alcohol option is to use these juices for a fruity flavor. Other wise use a cherry liqueur.

Is it better to make a trifle the night before?

Yes, it is better to make a trifle the night before. Even the components for the trifle, such as jellies and puddings. These have to set for you to put together the layers. It helps with the flavor of the dry components such as sponge cake or finger biscuits to absorb the liquids added. It helps you to make a pleasing garnished dessert trifle bowl. Store covered in the fridge and serve for Christmas.

Why is my trifle soggy?

Your trifle should not get to soggy if chilled overnight. It also depends on how much liquid you have added to the sponges or finger biscuits. The other problem that makes the trifle soggy is when you start serving up for a dessert, as spooning out the ingredient will disturb the puddings. The left over trifle will start to get soggy when left for 2-3 days.

What can I use instead of trifle sponges?

You can use any sponge or finger biscuits for the dry ingredients in a trifle. Use some sliced Swiss rolls as well.

Ingredients

1. Chocolate cake pieces or slices. Bake this recipe ->Bake a perfect chocolate cake
2. chocolate custard
3. cherries, fresh and preserved with the juice.
4. whipped cream
5. dark chocolate

Full cream: Cold full heavy cream, with fine sugar to whip for this trifle with a stand mixer. Or use bought whipped cream, its totally up to you.

Chocolate custard: You can use a bought box of chocolate custard or make custard on the stove top and add some dark chocolate to make a chocolate custard. Even use the milk chocolate pudding mixers in a box.

Cherries: Love to use some fresh or glazed whole cherries for top of the trifle for decoration. Also use some canned or bottle preserved cherries for the trifle filling. Used the cherry juice on the chocolate sponge to add some dampness and flavor. (you can use some cherry liqueur if desired)

Dark chocolate: Add some texture and garnish to this chocolate dish. You can use any chocolate such as chocolate chips or cocoa powder mixed with castor sugar to sprinkle over the whipped cream topping. Even add some thinner chocolate slab pieces between the layers.

How To

Bake the chocolate cake in a rectangular baking pan. Get this recipe. –>Bake a perfect chocolate cake. Keep cake to cool on cooler rack. Once the cake is cooled, cut into squares needed.

Whip the cold full cream with about 4 tablespoons of fine or castor sugar. Using a stand mixer, until forms peaks. Put aside, in fridge covered.

Place some chocolate sponge cake pieces in the bottom of a large glass trifle bowl. Keep enough sponge cake for three layers. Drizzle some cherry liquid to the cake pieces. (if you want to use cherry liqueur you may.)

Add some chocolate custard mixture. Remember you are making layers so keep for at least for three layers.

Then add some cherries as another layer and make sure they show separately on the side of the glass bowl.

Then start and make the next two layers the same, ending with a topping of whipped cream, decorate with cherries in the middle and some fresh glazed whole cherries standing up and grated chocolate for decoration on the whipped cream. (or use some cocoa powder)

Keep in the fridge covered until served for a dessert. You can make this trifle a day ahead.

Serve for a dessert on Christmas day after a meal. Your family will enjoy it.

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