Basic Trifle Recipe

Total Time: 2 hrs 45 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 1 pre-made cake
• 2 instant pudding mix (i use bird's custard mix)
• 2 (1 lb) bags frozen fruit or 2 (1 lb) bags fresh fruit
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup whipped cream
• additional fresh fruit (to garnish)
• 1/3 cup sherry wine or 1/3 cup juice or 1/3 cup water

Recipe

• 1 prepare pudding or custard according to directions and let cool.
• 2 mix the fruit with the sherry.
• 3 cut the cake into 1" chunks and place 1/2 of the chunks in the bottom of a trifle bowl.
• 4 layer 1/2 of the fruit on top of the cake layer and top with 1/2 the pudding.
• 5 repeat layering.
• 6 top with whipped cream and garnish with fresh fruit.
• 7 chill well before serving.
• 8 variations.
• 9 to make a low fat trifle, use angel food cake, fat-free pudding and low fat whipped cream.
• 10 strawberry shortcake trifle- yellow or angel food cake, custard and strawberries.
• 11 black forest trifle- chocolate cake, raspberries and custard.
• 12 tropical trifle- angel food cake, mixed pineapple, mangoes, papayas, vanilla or lemon pudding. sprinkle with shredded coconut.
• 13 apples and cream trifle- spice cake, apple pie filling and custard.
• 14 banana creme trifle- or chocolate cake, sliced bananas, custard.