This Christmas trifle recipe is so easy it can be ready in about 10-minutes.
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- 200 g (7oz) iced fruitcake loaf (or leftover Christmas cake), cut into slices
- 150 g (5oz) fresh cranberry sauce (available from most supermarkets in the chiller aisle)
- Icing sugar, to sweeten
- 500 g tub good-quality fresh vanilla custard
- Brandy or rum, to taste
- 250 ml can squirty cream (aerosol UHT)
- Edible silver balls, to decorate
- Step 1
Put the cake slices in the bottom of a large glass bowl. In a small bowl, stir together the cranberry sauce with enough icing sugar to sweeten to taste (a couple of dessertspoonfuls should do it) and spoon over the cake layer. Stir a splash of brandy or rum into the tub of custard (to taste) and pour tub over the cranberry layer.
- Step 2
Squirt over enough whipped cream from the can to cover top of trifle and decorate with a sprinkling of silver balls. Serve immediately (the cream deflates quite quickly).
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Get ahead: Make up to end of step 1 up to 3hr ahead and chill. To serve, top with the squirty cream, decorate with the balls and serve immediately.
Per Serving:
- Calories: 442
- Total carbs: 45 g
- Sugars: 43 g
- Total fat: 27 g
- Saturated fat: 15 g
- Protein: 5 g
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