Fruit Trifle

[iCook31]

Im not sure if this in the right part or not, but I have some questions about a trifile.

I am going to be making a trifile soon and I looked up a recipe and saw what you had to do. I know they are very simple to make but I just wanted to see what most people were doing with it.

Does anyone have any tips for making one? Whats good in it. Whats not.

Thanks!

[jennyema]

A trifle is just layers of fruit with whipped cream or pudding or cut up cake or shortbread or cookies, etc.

Usually served in a glass dish so you can see the layers.

I usually make them in the summer with strawberries or mixed berries or peaches.

I start with cut up pound cake, layer on macerated fruit, then whipped cream, then more fruit and then whipped cream on the top. I think it works best when the heavier things (cake, pudding) are toward the bottom.

But trifles are definitely desserts that you can experiment with!

[iCook31]

Originally Posted by jennyema

A trifle is just layers of fruit with whipped cream or pudding or cut up cake or shortbread or cookies, etc.

Usually served in a glass dish so you can see the layers.

I usually make them in the summer with strawberries or mixed berries or peaches.

I start with cut up pound cake, layer on macerated fruit, then whipped cream, then more fruit and then whipped cream on the top. I think it works best when the heavier things (cake, pudding) are toward the bottom.

But trifles are definitely desserts that you can experiment with!

Thanks. I will just play around with it. I knew you had to put the cake at the bottom. And about the whipped cream. I will just see what fruits my grocery store has and play around with it. Thanks!

[jennyema]

It's really one of those desserts that it's hard to go wrong with.

[kadesma]

I made one last weekend, forgot to buy whipping cream and only had cool whip so I made a vanilla pudding and put that on top of the cake, then topped with a layer of nectarines,raspberries,strawberries and blueberries, and we just added some cool whip to each serving if it was wanted..My family loved the vanilla pudding as a layer.

kadesma

[kitchenelf]

This is the recipe I use a lot! It's easy and wonderful.

[iCook31]

Wow I am getting hungry just thinking about this trifile!

I think I am just going to play around with the recipe and see what it comes out to be. I am going to try the pudding in the trifile for sure.

I hope my grandma likes the trifile I make her!!

[*amy*]

If you are a chocoholic, layer crumbled brownies between chocolate (or vanilla) pudding and sliced strawberries or raspberries (or *gasp* cherry pie filling). Keep on layering. Top it off with whipped cream, chopped nuts & chocolate curls.

[kitchenelf]

Originally Posted by *amy*

If you are a chocoholic, layer crumbled brownies between chocolate (or vanilla) pudding and sliced strawberries or raspberries (or *gasp* cherry pie filling). Keep on layering. Top it off with whipped cream, chopped nuts & chocolate curls.

Whatever you do don't even THINK about drizzling Kahlua over those brownies

[*amy*]

Originally Posted by kitchenelf

Whatever you do don't even THINK about drizzling Kahlua over those brownies

Ya know, I was gonna mention it... but didn't know if I should bring more calories into the recipe. (Great minds think alike ). There is another w coffee & chocolate ice cream, layered with pound cake (soaked in Kahlua? - have to go look), but it's more of a frozen tiramisu cake.

This is one of my favorites:

CSC - California Strawberry Commission+

Another way to change this one a bit, use lemon pudding mix w your strawberries.

Chocolate mousse mix (in place of chocolate pudding), is another idea for the brownie trifle. Have fun and experiment.