THE SPEEDIEST TRIFLES IN THE WORLD: glorious frugal indulgence

Surfing the trend for 3-ingredient easy-peasy desserts...

Instant Trifle from leftover Carrot Cake, fresh pineapple & end-of-date cream 
'That's the sort of thing I want to take home for Christmas!' Tester

The trend for impressive 3-ingredient home-made desserts, which recently erupted on You tube and other cooking blogs, has really caught on.  Even the Daily Telegraph started a column on 3-ingredient desserts. (Mar 2016)

And why not?  They take only minutes to prepare, taste great and there's little washing up afterwards.

Even better if you can use up leftovers and/or nearly-out-of-date items, all the better.  Who doesn't love saving money, especially in the middle of a pandemic?  

67 transformed a carrot cake which hadn't hit the mark, underripe pineapple and cut-price cream into the glamorous exciting speediest trifle in the world. 

Obviously not everyone will have a spare carrot cake etc on hand but the recipe works with quite a few combinations, including cookies instead of cake.  Several  alternatives are offered in Tips (below).  


Cost: depending on what's in your cupboard, from £1.50-3
Serves: from 3-5

Ingred:
    stale carrot cake in 1/2 inch/1 cm slices
    2-3 gms sherry or fruit juice (opt)
    350 gm yoghurt cream or double cream (whip into soft peaks' add 1/2 tsp vanilla and 1-2 tbsp sugar)  
      baked pineapple wedges plus juice (see Hot Pineapple Pudding)
    1-2 tbsp sherry (opt)
    fresh grated ginger or finely diced sugared ginger (opt)

Method:

1. Line a small loaf tin with double layer of cling film
2. Put a layer of cake in the bottom
3. Moisten cake with sherry & fruit juice
4. Add a layer of pineapple wedges & sprinkle over ginger if using
5. Cover lightly with yoghurt cream or double cream
6. Repeat
7. Press down lightly; if there's time, refrigerate; otherwise, turn it out onto a plate
8. Cover the top of the trifle with the rest of the cream; if you have enough you can do the sides as well 
9. Slice and serve or give everyone a spoon and dig in

Comments:

'This is the sort of thing I'd want to take home for Christmas. The carrot cake was an unusual base but it really stimulated the palate.  It was not bland.' Political agent

'It was really good and looked like there'd be little washing up!' Tube train driver  

Tips:

• Biscuits can replace cake, any other fruit can be used, fruit liqueur can replace sherry and, if cholesterol isn't a problem, double cream can replace yoghurt-cream
• try bread cake with raspberry compote  (buy half-priced sell-by-date-today punnets of fruit); crushed ginger biscuits with peach compote; crushed digestives, strawberry compote and whipped marscapone 

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This recipe has been developed by B  Lee/ Bright Sun Enterprises and may not be reproduced, in any form, without the author's written permission.