Plum Custard Trifle Recipe with step by step pictures. A trifle is a layered dessert, by layers of cake, fruit, custard and cream.
Plum Custard Trifle
This trifle is one of the quickest and easiest desert you could ever make. Plus it is so tasty and light.Great for big parties or get togethers..You just need to get few components like custard, fruit layer, cream layer and cake layer ready. But i can assure you can finish this whole thing from start to finish in under 30 mins..
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Ingredients for Plum Custard Trifle
- Vanilla Cake - as needed
- Plums - 12 chopped ( use any fruits you like)
- Sugar - 2 tbsp
- Cherry for topping
For Cream:
- Cream - ½ cup ( I used 25% fat fresh cream)
- Sugar - 1 tbsp
- Vanilla Essence - ½ tsp
For Custard:
- Custard Powder - 2.5 tbsp
- Milk - ½ liter / 500 ml
- Sugar - 4 tbsp
- Vanilla Essence - 1 tsp
How to Make Plum Custard Trifle
- Take custard powder in a bowl. Add in ½ cup of milk and mix well. Set aside.
- Heat milk and sugar in a sauce pan and bring it to a boil.
- Add in custard mix and keep cooking till it gets thick.
- Add in vanilla and mix well. Pour this into a bowl and cover with a plastic wrap, make sure the wrap touches the top of the custard so when it cools
no crust forms on top. Chill this till use. - Chop up plums or any fruits into small pieces, add sugar to it and mix well. Set aside.
- Whip cream with sugar and vanilla till thick. Set aside.
- Take your serving glasses, fill the bottom with cake, spoon some plum mix over it, top with custard, now top again with cake pieces, top with plum
mix and top with custard mix. - Finish the top with cream and place a cherry over it.
- Chill this for 3 to 4 hours.
- Serve.
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Plum Custard Trifle Recipe
Ingredients
- Vanilla Cake as needed
- 12 chopped Plums use any fruits you like
- 2 tablespoon Sugar
- Cherry for topping
- For Cream:
- ½ cup Cream I used 25% fat fresh cream
- 1 tablespoon Sugar
- ½ teaspoon Vanilla Essence
- For Custard:
- 2.5 tablespoon Custard Powder
- ½ liter / 500 ml Milk
- 4 tablespoon Sugar
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla Essence
Instructions
- Take custard powder in a bowl. Add in ½ cup of milk and mix well. Set aside.
- Heat milk and sugar in a sauce pan and bring it to a boil.
- Add in custard mix and keep cooking till it gets thick.
- Add in vanilla and mix well. Pour this into a bowl and cover with a plastic wrap, make sure the wrap touches the top of the custard so when it cools
- no crust forms on top. Chill this till use.
- Chop up plums or any fruits into small pieces, add sugar to it and mix well. Set aside.
- Whip cream with sugar and vanilla till thick. Set aside.
- Take your serving glasses, fill the bottom with cake, spoon some plum mix over it, top with custard, now top again with cake pieces, top with plum
- mix and top with custard mix.
- Finish the top with cream and place a cherry over it.
- Chill this for 3 to 4 hours.
- Serve.
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Plum Custard Trifle Recipe Step by Step
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| First start by making the custard.. |
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| Take custard powder in a bowl |
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| Add in little milk |
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| Mix well and set aside |
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| Take sugar in a sauce pan |
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| add in milk |
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| bring it to a boil |
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| once it boils |
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| add in the custard mix |
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| keep mixing |
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| it will get thick quite fast |
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| add in vanilla essence |
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| mix well |
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| pour it into a bowl |
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| cover with some plastic wrap and make sure the wrap touches the top layer of the custard so it doesn't forms a thick skin |
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| Now for the fruit layer..i used plums, you can use any fruits you like or a mixture of fruits |
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| cut them |
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| chop them into small pieces |
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| take these in a bowl |
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| add in some sugar |
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| mix well and set aside |
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| I whipped some cream with some sugar and vanilla till thick |
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| I took some vanilla cake, i used store bought |
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| Cut into small pieces |
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| Now lets assemble |
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| Take your glasses |
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| Lay the bottom with some cake pieces |
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| Spoon some plum mix |
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| Layer with custard |
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| now lay some cake pieces |
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| Spoon some plum mix |
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| Spoon some custard mix over |
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| Spread cream over ir |
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| Top with a cherry |
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| Chill it for 3 to 4 hours before serving |


















































Anonymous
so easy n yummy trifle aarthi ............
Sukanya
Hi Aarthi, do I have to chill the custard in the fridge or freezer ?? Thank you for the recipe 😊
Aarthi
@Sukanyaeverything has to be chilled in fridge
Ravinder Kaur
Awsm recipe....I made it....its yummy...thanks aarthi