If you’ve ever watched Friends we’re sure you remember the episode when Rachel tries to make a traditional English trifle, but ends up making one with ladyfingers, jam, beef with peas and onions, whipped cream, and bananas. While her trifle catastrophe was due to two pages of a recipe book being stuck together, making the perfect trifle requires some work and with this step-by-step guide, you’ll make one worthy of Instagram.
Layer 1: Start With a Sauce
Start by spreading a layer of sauce, frosting, or pudding to the bottom of your serving dish.
Layer 2: Top With Crumbled Cake
The next layer will be the cake cubes, which you should put on top of the sauce. There are tons of tasty “cakes” to choose from like gingerbread, brownies, vanilla cake, and Oreos. Just remember to distribute the cake equally.
Layer 3: Add More Sauce
For the third layer, add more sauce. If you want to be fancy, you can add a berry trifle between the cakes and the second layer of sauce. Make sure you don’t add to much sauce because you want the cakes cubes to still show.
Layer 4: Add Fruit
Add a sweet fruit compote or fresh cut-fruit on top of the second layer of sauce. If you are a chocolate lover, you can add chocolate curls or chocolate candies instead of fruit.
Layer 5: Top With Whipped Cream
Don’t forget to top the trifle with whipped cream. For more flavor, you can dust the whipped cream with cocoa powder, candied ginger, sprinkles, or a sprig of fresh mint.
