Thread: REC: Trifling Trifles

Christine asked (outside of Usenet) about a couple of trifle recipes I
plan to make for Christmas Day dinner. The first is very, very simple
and an old TNT recipe from a Scots friend. The second is new to me
and, while I've not given it a test drive, reads like great good fun.
It's called a "Summer Trifle," but here in SoCal, summer is just a
date on the calendar:

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Trifle

desserts

pound cake
berries
jam; same as berries
American golden custard
whipped cream
sherry

Cut cake to fit trifle bowl and soak with sherry (about 1/2 cup). Let
sit overnight. Cook custard according to directions and chill. Shortly
before serving, spread jam on cake, cover with jam, spread custard
over jam and top with whipped cream. Top with berries.

Contributor: Anne Hughes

Yield: 12 servings

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Summer Fruit Trifle

desserts

12 ounces cream cheese; room temperature
1/2 cup plus 2 T. sugar
2 cups whipping cream; chilled
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
4 nectarines; halved, thinly sliced
1 pint raspberries
1 pint blueberries
1 teaspoon cinnamon
6 tablespoons apricot jam
3 tablespoons dark rum
1 pound pound cake; cut into 1/2 inch slices

Beat cream cheese and 1/2 cup sugar in large bowl until light.
Gradually beat in cream. Add vanilla; beat until medium-stiff peaks
form. Spoon 2/3 cup cream cheese mixture into pastry bag fitted with
medium star tip and refrigerate. Set remaining cream cheese mixture
aside.

Combine fruit, 2 tablespoons sugar and cinnamon in another large bowl.
Mix jam and rum in small bowl to blend. Arrange enough cake slices in
bottom of 3 quart trifle bowl to cover. Brush with 3 tablespoons jam
mixture. Top with 2 cups of fruit. Top with half of cream cheese
mixture in bowl. Top with another layer of cake. Brush with 3
tablespoons jam mixture. Top with 2 cups of fruit, then remaining
cream cheese mixture. Cover with another layer of cake. Brush with
remaining jam mixture. Top with remaining fruit. Cover; chill at least
3 or up to 8 hours.

Pipe cream cheese mixture in pastry bag atop edge of trifle and serve.

Notes: Bon Appetit

Yield: 16 servings

Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd

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