Easy strawberry and blueberry trifle
Remember when you were a kid and jelly desserts were the main attraction at parties? Well, you don’t have to miss out on that sense of anticipation just because you’re a grown-up. This luscious trifle combines jelly with moist, liqueur-laden sponge, fresh seasonal fruit and creamy, dreamy custard. It’s a party on a spoon!
Ingredients
• 2 x 85g packets strawberry jelly crystals
• 450g store-bought unfilled square sponge cake
• 500g fresh strawberries
• 250g fresh blueberries
• 120g fresh raspberries
• 600ml thickened cream
• ½ cup liqueur of choice (try brandy or orange - or raspberry-flavoured liqueur)
• 300g thick vanilla custard
• Icing sugar, to dust
Note: Allow 4 hours setting
Method
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Make strawberry jelly following pack instructions. Set aside to cool.
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Pour into a 30 x 20cm lamington tin. Cover. Refrigerate for 4 hours or until set.
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Cut sponge cake into 3cm cubes.
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Halve or slice strawberries and put in a bowl with blueberries and raspberries.
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Put cream in the small bowl of an electric mixer and beat, using whisk attachment, until soft peaks form.
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Put pieces of sponge cake in the base of an 8-cup capacity trifle dish.
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Using a spoon, drizzle liqueur over sponge cake, soaking each cube.
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Roughly cut set jelly into squares and arrange over top of sponge cake.
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Scatter ½ of the fruit over jelly.
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Spoon ½ of the cream, then all the custard over fruit. Spoon over remaining cream, then fruit. Dust with icing sugar and serve.
