Trifle

Made this last weekend but the pictures I took were very unclear, so tried to retake some pictures before posting.

I actually love trifle a lot. I used to store trifles in my fridge all year round when I was studying in UK. My favorite were from Marks & Spencer, the strawberry or mix fruit trifles. They were like about 1.99 pounds per tub of 500g (about RM8 at that time), quite affordable right?

So far I've only tried making trifles from "convenient" pack. Those with ready mix powder for the jelly, custard and cream, complete with sponge fingers. Only finally tried a "DYI" one because I had a lot of whipping cream which will turn bad soon if I don't use, and I don't want to waste them. Chose a "semi" homemade recipe. (Semi because I didn't make the custard from scratch, used custard powder.)

The result... the whipping cream was fantastic, ok, not whipping cream, it's whip topping - slightly sweeten, lighter, fluffier, easier to whip and very stable (won't turn watery easily). The custard was too watery, wonder if it's because the custard powder sold in UK (English recipe) is different from the one I bought?

These were scooped out from the bigger bowl

Definitely MUST use crystal jelly... I forgot to buy jelly powder so I had to stopped by at the little small town grocery shop near my house, and they only have this Japanese jelly (which is now MC's new found favorite) which is too arrr... "chewy", more rubbery texture which is not suitable for trifles.

The jam roll (Swiss roll) was ok, perhaps one with more jam will be tastier. I feel that more fruits will be better, but since I like making these into small ramekins (because it gives the feel good factor of eating the "whole" tub all by myself. Scooping from a big bowl will cause the remaining trifle to becoming "watery"), I would need to place the fruits within the jelly otherwise the trifle might just overflow.

Made a bigger bowl also

Definitely "neater" looking in small ramekins

I will also experiment the chocolate mousse trifle the next round. Lets have a series of trifles!