Merry Christmas!

[allana]

Dave, I, and the Christmas Trifle hope that you all have a most splendid Christmas! May your food be bountiful, your friends friendly, and your family less onerous than usual.





We've had a wonderful day, and I'm now contemplating a second bowl of trifle :D

Comments

[silicondreams.livejournal.com]

Can't...stop...staring...at...calories...

And a happy xmas to you too babe!

[glam-ang.livejournal.com]

Heh. I don't even want to think about the calories involved. I'm still shocked at how much cream I had to put on the top :D

Happy Christmas! *hugs*

[feelforfaith.livejournal.com]

The word "calories" is on a temporary leave of absence from my dictionary. Bring them on!

Trifle looks smashingly yummy.

[glam-ang.livejournal.com]

Thank-you! It tasted wonderful--it always amazes me how much better a trifle tastes after chilling overnight. Squidgy and just... gorgeous.

[stonefinder.livejournal.com]

God, that looks good! Was it difficult to make?

[madandy.livejournal.com]

Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

Wow. That looks sinful.

In a good way, of course... ;)

[glam-ang.livejournal.com]

Not at all. It was, however, very time-consuming (although most of that can be put down to my lack of a dishwasher.)

It's basically this (http://www.emerils.com/recipes/by_name/a_fresh_cranberry_and_semisweet_chocolate_trifle.html) recipe, but I made a few additions. I'd say that I kicked it up a notch, but then I'd have to kill myself.

Additions: On the basis that all trifles need to be boozy, I used about 3/4 cup of home-made strawberry liqueur to soak the layers of cake. You could use chocolate liqueur, if you wanted to keep the chocolate theme going, but I think the strawberry was a good addition. Also I added a generous amount of very good chocolate sauce on top of each cake layer.

Oh! There were some chocolate chunks in the cake too. The cake turned out pretty dry, so next time round I'd add some cream to the batter.

I think that's it.

[glam-ang.livejournal.com]

Doesn't it just? I never did get around to a second helping... wonder if it's too late for chocolate?

[sophia-lde.livejournal.com]

That looks delicious. Thanks for posting the recipe.

[glam-ang.livejournal.com]

Thank-you :D

[bella-cheval.livejournal.com]

I second that!