1,000 Calorie-A-Bite Trifle

Title:
1,000 Calorie-A-Bite Trifle

Yield:
1 Trifle

Categories:
Desserts




Ingredients:




-----------------------------------FRUIT-----------------------------------


     3    Pears


     8 oz Raspberries


          -(tinned or fresh)


     1    Passion fruit


          Dry sherry


          -(1 bottle)





--------------------------------SPONGE
CAKE--------------------------------


   1/2 c  Butter


    10 tb Sugar, castor


 1 1/4 c  Flour, self-raising


     2    Eggs (slightly whisked)



----------------------------------CUSTARD----------------------------------


     2    Eggs


     1 pn Salt


     1 pn Nutmeg


    10 oz Double cream


          -(or use whipping cream)



----------------------------------TOPPING----------------------------------


    10 oz Double cream


          Roast almonds





 Peel and slice pears, drain raspberries if tinned, and scoop out passion


 fruit.  Place fruit in large trifle bowl and add an ample quantity of


 sherry. Leave for twenty-four hours to soak in the refrigerator.


 


 Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.  Cream butter and sugar until light and


 fluffy. Add eggs and about 2 T of flour and beat. Fold in rest of flour.


 Bake in 7-inch square tin for 25-30 mins until brown. Let cool. Slice into


 fingers and arrange on top of fruit. More sherry may be added at this


 point.


 


 Pour one large glass of sherry.  Mix eggs and add all ingredients to small


 bowl.  Place bowl in pan of simmering water. Stir continuously with wooden


 spoon, sipping sherry, until custard thickens. This takes about ten


 minutes. Pour custard on top of sponge. Chill in fridge. Whip cream until


 stiff and smooth over top of custard. Arrange almonds decoratively.


 


 NOTES:


 


 *  The title says it all -- This recipe is my own invention.


 


 : Difficulty:  moderate


 : Time:  1 hour preparation, 1 day waiting, 10 minutes cooking.


 : Precision:  no need to measure.


 


 : Angi Lamb


 : Department of Computer Science, University of York, UK


 : ukc!minster!angi


 


 : Copyright (C) 1986 USENET Community Trust


 


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