Trifle

Define Trifle:

a) inconsequential

b) infinitesimal

c) English desert

d)Wow, This is delicious!




Answer: d)

We had had this dessert before, and on Friday Michelle and the boys made a trial run in preparation for a dinner invite on Sunday. In our house we gauge how good something is by how long it lasts. The trial run was an instant hit based on a long lasing score of only two days (with a Temple trip to Edmonton sandwiched in the middle too.)

Starting with shredded pound cake (fresh or stale - it doesn't matter one iota), the desert is layered with fruit mix, vanilla pudding, and sweet whipped cream.

If you do not have a pound cake, you can use angel food cake without losing anything.

After placing the second layer of cake, you should push the layers together tightly. Otherwise your trifle will end up spilling out, which is not a bad thing, just not as pretty in the end.

Here is where, on a bad day, you could add your Grand Marnier to the pound cake, (or other hard liqueur), without getting caught. This will do 2 things: help you remain a closet alcoholic, and mellow out the screaming crumb-snatchers. (just kidding) This is where you add a touch of fresh squeezed OJ. We use mandarins for a bit more mellow flavour.

The pudding sounds best when the plop is audible, without splattering anything close by.

The cream is fresh whipped, with a bit of sugar and vanilla for flavouring.

"Press down firmly" means different things to different folks. Use caution, or have several spoons and paper towels at the ready.

The fruit can be anything you have available that might be going bad (according to the original recipe) or any melange of your choosing. Since we were at Costco in Edmonton this week, we had fresh berries - blue, black and straw, and cherry pie filling.

Look, there is "That Guy" in the back.

You can spend lots of time making it look "pretty," or you can just finish it so you can eat. If you let it sit in the fridge for a couple of hours, the flavours have a chance to meld and the pound cake softens a bit, and your mouth waters. However, you might also have to fend off intruders or other teenagers.

Samuel made this whole thing with only minimal instruction from the old people hovering around, and a few comments by "That Guy" in the back ground. Congrats Samuel. Great dish.

to be continued...