I have recently come into some wonderful cake scraps, which were created when a cake was trimmed to make it perfectly flat and perfectly round, and made a trifle.
What a wonderful dessert! It is simple, delicious, and elegant--not tomention that it uses cake that would have been thrown away otherwise.
The layers are as follows:
cubes of cake
a sprinkling of brandy (just to moisten the cake)
a layer of non-fat vanilla yogurt (a traditional trifle uses a creme anglaise or a custard, but I decided to make this a little less rich)
a layer of sliced strawberries
a layer of whipped cream (I use a tablespoon of powdered sugar and a tsp. of vanilla for a pint of whipping cream)
Then repeat until you reach the top of the bowl you are using. The ideal bowl is clear, so you can see the layers, and had a straight side--the one pictured here was a gift, but you can get them at Target for under $20, and you can use it to serve fruit salad as well. Make the trifle at least 4 hours before serving, and 8 is ideal.
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