HORACE'S HINTS - Fruit Trifle
INGREDIENTS:
- 1 sachet of Green's Twinpack Red or Orange Quick Jel 200ml (7fl oz) of water
- Can of tinned fruit, e.g. Raspberries if using Red Quick Jel, Mandarins if using Orange Quick Jel
- 200ml (7fl oz) of fruit juice/syrup from the tinned fruit
- 1 sachet of Green’s Classic Sponge
- 1 medium sized egg
- 100ml cold water
- 568ml (1pt) of custard
- 268ml (10fl oz) of double or whipping cream
DIRECTIONS:
- Bake the Green’s Classic Sponge Mix following the back of pack instructions, but instead of baking the mix in two sandwich tins, bake the mix in buncases* for 10 minutes. Once baked allow the cakes to cool completely. *The amount of buns that you can make will depend on the size of the buncase that you use.
- Whilst the cakes are cooling, add 200ml (7fl oz) of juice/syrup from the canned fruit to 200ml (7fl oz) of cold water in a sauce pan. Place to one side.
- In a suitably sized serving dish (approx 2pt/1ltr) add 5 – 6 of the cakes (broken in half) and the tinned fruit.
- To the pan of fruit juice and water, add the contents of both sachets of Quick Jel, bring to the boil and simmer for 1 minute. Pour the Quick Jel over the fruit and sponge, and allow to cool to room temperature, before placing in a refrigerator to set (approx 1 hour).
- Once the Quick Jel has set, pour over 568ml (1pint) of cooled custard. Allow to cool to room temperature before transferring to a refrigerator to set. For a well set custard, use custard powder to make the custard, following the manufacturer’s guidelines. Alternatively, for a runnier custard use ready to serve.
- Whip 568ml (1 pint) of whipping or double cream and decorate the top layer.
