Rhubarb Strawberry Trifle
A delicious spin on the classic trifle dessert, in individual glasses, using cake cubes, strawberry jelly, stewed rhubarb, custard and cream
Equipment
- 6 serving glasses or one large, deep serving bowl
- 1 microwave safe jug or bowl
- 1 Mixing bowl
- 1 Whisk
Ingredients
- 200 grams vanilla cake cubes about half a loaf cake or 6 cupcakes
- 200 grams rhubarb and strawberry compote or stewed rhubarb
- 500 grams prepared strawberry jelly
- 200 grams prepared custard cooled
- 250 grams cream
- 10 grams icing sugar
- 1-2 drops red food colouring optional
Instructions
- Begin by preparing one packet of strawberry jelly using the instructions given on the packet. I use chivers jelly, which recommends adding 100 grams of water to the cubes in a measuring jug, heating in the microwave for 1 minute before whisking until smooth. You should then add cold water to make about 500ml of jelly. Set to one side and leave the jelly to cool slightly.
- Cut the vanilla cake or cupcakes into cubes and place one tablespoon or dessert spoon of cake into the bottom of the glasses.
- Add a tablespoon of stewed rhubarb or rhubarb strawberry compote and spread around a little.
- Add another tablespoon of cubed cake and another tablespoon of stewed rhubarb or rhubarb strawberry compote.
- Carefully pour the strawberry jelly into each glass, seperating the jelly evenly between the 6 glasses.
- Place into the frige and allow them to chill until set for at least 2 hours.
- Prepare the custard by using custard powder or use premade or homemade custard that has been cooled.
- Once the jelly is set, remove them from the fridge and add 1-2 tablespoons of custard on top.
- In a mixing bowl, add the cream, icing sugar and red food colouring if using. Whisk for 2-3 minutes until it has been softly whipped and holds shape.
- Spoon or pipe the cream on top of the custard in each trifle.
- Serve immediately or you can store leftovers by covering the top tightly with cling film in the fridge for up to 3 days. The trifle can last up to 5 days in the fridge if you don't add the custard or cream until serving.
Notes
The calorie information is an estimate provided as a courtesy based off the website https://caloriecontrol.org/healthy-weight-tool-kit/food-calorie-calculator/. It will differ depending on the specific brands and ingredients that you use.