Ingredients
Chocolate Custard
- 150 g dark chocolate (chopped)
- 500 ml ready made custard
Whipped Cream
- 600 ml double cream
- 2 tbsp icing sugar
Chocolate Cherry Swiss roll
- 300 g chocolate swiss roll/chocolate sponge
- 4-5 tbsp Kirsch
Everything Else
- 400 g fresh cherries soaked in kirsch (200ml kirsch)
- 100 g fresh cherries
- 200 g cherry jam/conserve
- 150 g brownie bites
- 10 g grated chocolate
Instructions
Custard
- Add the custard to a pan with the chopped chocolate, and heat on a low heat together until smooth
- Leave to cool fully.
Cream
- Add the double cream to a bowl, add the icing sugar and whisk to soft peaks.
Swiss roll/Sponge
- Slice the chocolate swiss roll into 1-2cm size slices, or chop up pieces of chocolate cake
- Sprinkle over 4-5tbsp of kirsch if using.
Assembly
- You can build the trifle, however you want.
- I layer the slices of the swiss roll around the edge of the trifle bowl at the bottom, and a few on the bottom as well.
- Pour over half of the chocolate custard and spread.
- Add on half of the kirsch soaked cherries, and half of the brownie bites.
- Spread on half of the whipped cream, and pour on the one layer of cherry jam.
- Repeat this again, finishing with the rest of the whipped cream on top.
- Decorate the top with the fresh cherries and some grated chocolate!
- Leave it to set for an hour in the fridge. Serve!
Notes
- This sort of dessert is best served on the day of making, or the day after.
- Once made, it can last a few days in the fridge, I wouldn't recommend freezing, however.
- If you want a homemade chocolate custard you can find one here
- You can find my homemade brownies if you want to make them here
- And also, a homemade chocolate sponge base that is great if you don't want to use swiss roll.
- I use a trifle bowl similar to this one - generally any will work, some are smaller and larger. You can also just use a glass bowl.
- If you want the trifle to be alcohol free, use cherry juice to soak into the cherries, or more easily you can switch the kirsch soaked cherries to more jam or a tin of cherry pudding mix.