How to Make Trifle - The Victorian Way

[Music] I'm about to make a trifle a favorite of Lord breaks the secret to a good trifle is to make it look fabulous and not to skimp on the alcohol for this recipe you will need leftover sponge cake sponge biscuits brandy jam cheri crystallized ginger custard [Music] almonds whipping cream castor sugar and for the decoration almonds and jelica and edible flowers cut your sponge into slices this is an excellent recipe for using up leftover sponge cake this is a fatless sponge and it's crust has an extra crunch because when I made it I lined the tin with butter and then sprinkled it with fine sugar it makes it an excellent cake for using in trifle line a glass bowl with the sponge cake and then pour on the brandy now spread on some jam any flavor will do this is the housekeeper mrs. Warwick's finest strawberry jam she made it last year it is very good once you've chopped your crystallized ginger or fruit layer it on evenly and then add biscuits these are sponge biscuits but you could use macaroons or ratafia biscuits make a nice layer of these and then pour on the sherry leave it to soak for 10 to 15 minutes next if you haven't already make some custard add two sheets of gelatin or 2 tablespoons of corn flour to make it set properly I'm then going to add some almonds to make it even thicker then layer it onto your trifle there are many many different recipes for trifle some that are easy that contain packet custard and tinned fruit the not very good ones and others like this that are very carefully put together next start whipping your cream once you've whisked the cream add in a little sugar then you can pipe it building it up layer by layer until you've got quite a lot of height and there you are now it's ready for decoration for the decoration I have used a variety of candied fruit and candied edible flowers be very careful when choosing flowers to decorate dishes such as this you must make sure they are edible so here we have some wild violets and we have some cow's lips I've also put on some Angelica and some candied ginger the candied flowers are primulas primroses and here the very last candied pansy and there we are trifle has eaten at oddly end house [Music]

Channel: English Heritage

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Id: G9p3qP3lojk

Length: 5min 24sec (324 seconds)

Published: Fri Jun 29 2018