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    Plum Custard Trifle Recipe

    Last Updated On: Apr 8, 2025 by Aarthi

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    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
    Hope you will give this a try and let me know how it turns out for you..

    How to Make Plum Custard Trifle

    1. Take custard powder in a bowl. Add in ½ cup of milk and mix well. Set aside.
    2. Heat milk and sugar in a sauce pan and bring it to a boil.
    3. Add in custard mix and keep cooking till it gets thick.
    4. 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.
    5. Chop up plums or any fruits into small pieces, add sugar to it and mix well. Set aside.
    6. Whip cream with sugar and vanilla till thick. Set aside.
    7. 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.
    8. Finish the top with cream and place a cherry over it.
    9. Chill this for 3 to 4 hours.
    10. Serve.
     
     

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    Plum Custard Trifle Recipe

    Plum Custard Trifle Recipe with step by step pictures. A trifle is a layered dessert, by layers of fruit, custard and cream.
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    Prep Time: 15 minutes minutes
    Cook Time: 10 minutes minutes
    chilling time: 4 hours hours
    Total Time: 4 hours hours 25 minutes minutes
    Servings: 4 servings
    Calories: 224kcal

    Ingredients

    • Vanilla Cake as needed
    • 12 chopped Plums use any fruits you like
    • 2 tbsp Sugar
    • Cherry for topping
    • For Cream:
    • ½ cup Cream I used 25% fat fresh cream
    • 1 tbsp Sugar
    • ½ tsp Vanilla Essence
    • For Custard:
    • 2.5 tbsp Custard Powder
    • ½ liter / 500 ml Milk
    • 4 tbsp Sugar
    • 1 tsp 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.

    Nutrition

    Serving: 1g | Calories: 224kcal | Carbohydrates: 30g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 11g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Cholesterol: 57mg | Sodium: 34mg | Potassium: 81mg | Sugar: 22g | Vitamin A: 457IU | Vitamin C: 0.2mg | Calcium: 41mg | Iron: 0.2mg
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    Plum Custard Trifle Recipe Step by Step

    First start by making the custard..
    Take custard powder in a bowl
    Add in little milk
    Mix well and set aside
    Take sugar in a sauce pan
    add in milk
    bring it to a boil
    once it boils
    add in the custard mix
    keep mixing
    it will get thick quite fast
    add in vanilla essence
    mix well
    pour it into a bowl
    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
    Now for the fruit layer..i used plums, you can use any fruits you like or a mixture of fruits
    cut them
    chop them into small pieces
    take these in a bowl
    add in some sugar
    mix well and set aside
    I whipped some cream with some sugar and vanilla till thick
    I took some vanilla cake, i used store bought
    Cut into small pieces
    Now lets assemble
    Take your glasses
    Lay the bottom with some cake pieces
    Spoon some plum mix 
    Layer with custard
    now lay some cake pieces
    Spoon some plum mix
    Spoon some custard mix over
    Spread cream over ir
    Top with a cherry
    Chill it for 3 to 4 hours before serving
     
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      so easy n yummy trifle aarthi ............

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    2. Sukanya

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      Hi Aarthi, do I have to chill the custard in the fridge or freezer ?? Thank you for the recipe 😊

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    3. Aarthi

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      @Sukanyaeverything has to be chilled in fridge

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    4. Ravinder Kaur

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      Awsm recipe....I made it....its yummy...thanks aarthi

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