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  • 500g pack frozen mixed berry
    we used summer berry mix, defrosted
  • 150g red cherry
    jam
  • 300-350g madeira cake
    cut into roughly 3cm cubes
  • 500ml tub custard
  • 250g tub mascarpone
  • 5 tbsp caster sugar
  • 400ml double cream
  • 3 tbsp sherry
  • berries, grated chocolate
    or rose petals, to decorate

Nutrition: per serving

  • kcal708
  • fat48.2g
  • saturates28.9g
  • carbs59.7g
  • sugars51.1g
  • fibre2g
  • protein7.1g
  • salt0.5g
    low
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Method

  • step 1

    Mix the berries and cherry jam together, and spoon into your trifle bowl. Scatter over the madeira cake and push down a little into the berries.

  • step 2

    Put the custard, mascarpone and 3 tbsp sugar in a bowl together and beat until smooth, then dollop all over the trifle. Put the double cream, remaining 2 tbsp sugar and sherry in a bowl and beat until soft peaks form. Cling film both the trifle bowl and cream and chill until ready to serve. You can do this up to 24 hours in advance.

  • step 3

    To serve, spoon the sherry cream all over the trifle, then scatter with your favourite decoration.

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A star rating of 4.8 out of 5.40 ratings

yvonnesidwell60141

I used tinned custard, the addition of the mascarpone makes it taste amazing. I used a teaspoon less of sugar in the custard. Lovely trifle

thedavidcreed

This is THE ONE, people! Although I use savoiardi biscuits, also liberally doused in pale cream sherry too!!

snicka

Really lovely trifle. Used fresh strawberries, raspberries and redcurrants and a little extra sherry to moisten the sponge.

hartk10

question

I want to do this for Christmas but unfortunately one of my guests is allergic to raspberries. What if I bought the fruit separately or even single frozen fruits.

Any ideas

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goodfoodteam

Hi, thanks for your question. For an allergy we'd suggest buying individual fruits and mixing them yourself. Choose any or all of the following: frozen cherries, strawberries, redcurrants, blackcurrants We hope this helps, BBC Good Food Team.

gazgeorge

I wanted a trifle without Jelly and this was just perfect. Delicious! I swill definitely make this again.

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