The Trifle Recipe

This isn't the exact recipe from the Looney Spoon's cookbook since a) I lent Tara that book months ago, and she hasn't given it back yet, and b) I don't think it's fair to put the exact recipe on the web. But as best as I can remember it:


1 Angle Food Cake
2 cups prepared custard*
2 cups of fresh fruit and berries, cut up
1/4 cup of jam mixed with 1/4 cup orange juice.

So you cut or tear the Angle food cake up into chunks. Take a big bowl or trifle dish, and put a layer of the cake on the bottom. Drizzle with some of the jam mix, then follow with a layer of custard, and a layer of fruit. Repeat until you're out of layers. It's really the easiest dessert ever. Make ahead of time and refrigerate so it will all be yummy and cold and the flavours have time to meld together.

* I use Birds Custard powder and follow the directions on the side of the tin. You could use any custard you want, but remember you want it to be reasonably thick.