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Strawberry Trifle

This dessert was created when I ruined a perfectly baked white chocolate and coconut cake, that was meant to be a surprise for my friend’s parents. It just flipped out of my hands (with some help, of course), and smashed on the work surface in my kitchen. For a minute or two I was staring at what used to be a perfect cake and turned into uneven and messy cakes chunks and crumbs moments later. Something I will never serve, not even to my biggest enemies…

When I came back into my senses I knew immediately I’ll have to bake another one. And then I realized we can always enjoy those chunks and crumbs with vanilla ice cream (did I mention we always have some in the fridge?).

Few hours later I figured I can turn it into a trifle, a very easy dessert to make!The traditional recipes require a sponge cake, but honestly, I think my cake made this trifle taste so much better!

You can have your trifle with your favourite fruits and/or berries and have as many layers as your serving bowl can hold. So basically, you can use this recipe as a general guideline on how to prepare your own trifle. You can also scatter some fresh fruit between the layers.

A quick note: I manged to prepare 2 trifles (one for ourselves and one for a dinner party we were invited to. It involved loads of compliments) with half the amount of the original recipe as published here in the blog. Needless to say I was snacking around with it as well. But only a little (I had desserts to prepare!). Anyway, what I’m trying to say is the amount of cake you’ll need for this recipe depends on the size of your serving bowl and the number of cake layers you prefer.

For a trifle that serves 6, you’ll need:

• 1 litter glass bowl

• 1/4 quantity of White Chocolate Coconut Cake
• Raspberry puree (or any other berry/berries of your choice. For the How to, have a look at the berries puree recipe. )
• 250g whipping cream
• 100g mascarpone cheese
• 2tsp vanilla extract or 1/3 vanilla pod
• 4 tbsp sugar
• 300g Fresh strawberries, halved

How to:

(1) crumble the cake into small-medium chunks/crumbs

(2) Scatter the crumbs at the bottom of your serving bowl and flatten it

(3) Moist the crumbles by pouring the berries puree on top of them

(4) In a separate bowl, whisk the cream until thickens, while gradually adding the sugar

(5) Add the mascarpone and vanilla until well combine

(6) spread the cream on top of the crumbs

(7) If you want your trifle to have more than 2 layers, repeat steps 2-3 and 6

(8) Spread the strawberries on top

(9) Cover with Cling film and leave to chill at least 2 hours before serving