![]() I decided to make a sort of pan-European trifle by combining the British concept with German flavors and make a Black Forrest Trifle. If you don’t happen to have some day old cake on hand (although this recipe is a really good excuse to try out my Simply Good Chocolate Cake) you could whip up a batch of Pamela’s Brownies or any other quick gluten free cake you like. This was turning into one simple recipe! In fact once the Jello is set, the pudding made and the cream whipped, it is all about assembly really. I had some day old cake on hand as I had make my Simply Good Chocolate Cake the day before and then I found out that instant Jello pudding is in fact gluten-free. Since the addition of Jello meant I was already using a convenience food, I decided to just go ahead and make this trifle dead easy. So in honor of two women I love, Jude and my Grandmother, I decided to go ahead and add the Jello. How did I know what she was doing with them? Maybe she was making trifle. Besides, I recalled that when my maternal grandmother was alive and living in England she used to ask my mother to send her boxes and boxes of Jello gelatin. I kind of doubt that they had Jello back in 1597 but then again, it is hard to argue with Jude. I Googled the history of trifle and it dates back to the late 1500’s. She told me day old cake, booze of some sort (fruit juice was mildly passable as a substitute), fruit, pudding, cream and Jello.Ĭould I really put a recipe on my blog using Jello? Would I be shunned from other food bloggers? After all, there are already about 127 reasons why I will never be classified as a foodie, would this be number 128? I asked her what the essentials of a good trifle are. Since I had never made a trifle I called my dear friend, Australian native, Jude, as she was the closest I could get to a true Brit on short notice. Ever! In fact I only used the trifle bowl once, to put flowers in it for Thanksgiving. I came across my trifle bowl the other day when on the hunt for something else I stashed in that cupboard and realized I had yet to make a trifle. After all, my mother was English, shouldn’t trifle making be in my blood? When I first bought it I just knew I would get so much use out of it. Have you ever bought something that, at the time, you just had to have, figured you would use it all the time, and just couldn’t live without it, only to have it languish in the back of your cupboard for years, all but forgotten about?
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