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Easy Blackberry and Apple Trifle
Easy Blackberry and Apple Trifle is a glorious layered dessert full of sweet and tart flavours topped with whipped cream and crunchy toasted almonds.
Ingredients
For the blackberry and apple compote
- 4 medium cooking apples
- 100 grams sugar
- 300 grams blackberries
- 2 tablespoon water
For the Trifle
- 150 grams madeira or other sponge cake
- 1 ½ tbsp hedgerow vodka, sherry or orange juice
- 300 grams Easy Vanilla Custard Sauce or ready made chilled custard
- 200 millilitres double cream
- 25 grams flaked almonds, toasted
- 4 fresh blackberries for decoration
- 1 apple for decoration
Instructions
To make the compote
- Peel, core and dice 4 medium cooking apples.
- Put the prepeared apples, 300 grams (1½ cups) of blackberries, 100 grams (½ cup) sugar and 2 tbsp water into a saucepan and heat gently until the sugar is melted.
- Simmer for 5-10 minutes until the apples have dissolved to a pulp.
- Leave to cool.
To assemble the trifes
- Cut 150 grams (5½ oz) of sponge cake into cubes and place in the bottom of the trifle dishes, divide 1 ½ tbsp of the alcohol of your choice between the four portions, sprinkling over the cake.
- Spoon the blackberry and apple compote over the cake. You will have plenty of compote, so add as much as you like but do cover the cake.
- Cover the compote with 300 grams (1 ¼ cups) of custard divided between the portions.
- Whip 200 ml (1½ cups) double/heavy cream until it is soft but will hold its shape. You don't have to pipe it onto the trifles but it does look pretty. I used a Wilton 1M piping nozzle. If you don't pipe then simply pile the cream onto the custard.
- Toast 25 grams (1 ½ tbsp) flaked almonds in a dry frying pan on a medium heat, moving them around until they are a golden brown.
- Just before serving, Sprinkle the toasted almonds over the trifles and add a fresh blackberry and a half slice of apple to garnish.
Notes
You can make a large trifle instead of individual bowls, just follow the same steps.
Nutrition
Calories: 659kcalCarbohydrates: 103gProtein: 9gFat: 26gSaturated Fat: 14gPolyunsaturated Fat: 2gMonounsaturated Fat: 8gCholesterol: 133mgSodium: 314mgPotassium: 658mgFiber: 11gSugar: 72gVitamin A: 1221IUVitamin C: 27mgCalcium: 217mgIron: 2mg