I hope you all had a very joyful and tasty Christmas.
Today I'm going to do a recipe review. I got a notion, this happens frequently and even though the question "are you pregnant?" follows, the answer is always no. I just get these notions!. Anyhow back to the notion. I wanted to make Trifle as one of my Christmas desserts. Call it a little nostalgia for something British but I really didn't want the traditional British Trifle of Lady Fingers, Custard, Jelly, Fruit and Cream. So to the internet I went.
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| Gingerbread Trifle |
I found a recipe for Gingerbread Trifle on Familyfun.go.com, which looked amazing. The link is here:
All the layers sounded delicious and were home made: gingerbread, custard, raspberries and whipped cream.
I was so impressed with the custard recipe and especially proud of myself after I made custard from scratch for the first time and it was so yummy! I feel an Apple and Blackberry Crumble will have to be made this weekend to go with the custard.
The gingerbread was wonderful and could very well stand alone as a bread, it was the perfect density for a trifle and didn't get soggy.
My only complaint was the raspberry layer, I think pureeing the raspberries and straining to remove any seeds and adding the right amount of sugar to remove the tart taste would be an improvement. It seemed to bring the whole dessert down.
With the improvements to the raspberry layer this is a delicious, impressive dessert. And you really do need to use a trifle bowl to make it, which mine was purchased last minute from Walmart for $6.47 plus tax and it really doesn't look that cheap either. You can also get some mini trifle dishes and make individual servings, perfect for afternoon teas or to help when you serve the trifle, a little less messy option!
Not a bad ending to my first Trifle, I'm thinking something with strawberries for my next attempt!
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