Chocolate Trifle Ingredients:
Trifle is an easy recipe to throw together. Layer a variety of chocolate things with some whipped cream and put it in a clear glass bowl, and it's sure to please.
You can be fancy and bake your favorite chocolate cake from scratch. Be lazy and use a cake mix box. Or be even lazier and use some pre-made oreo cookies or other chocolate. I usually opt for the box cake mix route but sub in coffee for the water and add an extra egg to the mix. Bake enough in advance for the cake to cool completely before layering. Cut the cake layers into cubes, approx 1 inch.
Also make the chocolate pudding and chocolate syrup in advance so they have time to cool.
I think I whipped a quart of heavy whipping cream and split it between two trifles.
Assemble trifle. I start with a layer of cake cubes on the bottom. Drizzle some chocolate syrup over the pieces.
Next do a layer of whipped cream. Sprinkle some mine chocolate chips into the cream.
Then add a layer of chocolate pudding.
More cake. More syrup drizzle.
More whipped cream, more mini chips.
More cake and more drizzle.
The bowl is probably getting pretty full by now, if not, keep going.
Cover and refrigerate for a couple of hours. Serve with a spoon into bowls.
Berry Trifle Ingredients:
Berry trifle is even simpler to throw together than the chocolate version. Nothing needs to be cooked in advance unless you opt to add vanilla pudding. The one in the picture used only whipped cream between berry layers.
If using strawberries, cut them into smaller bite size pieces.
Just alternate layers of berries and whipped cream until the bowl gets full.
I made this once with a layer of lady fingers on the bottom then added vanilla pudding, follwed by layers of strawberries and blue berries and whipped cream with a few more lady fingers on top.
Assemble, chill and serve.
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