11.24.09

Trifling with a Trifle…

Posted in Main, Mind Wanderings, Sharing the Handmade Love at 4:22 pm by carrie

When one is deciding on what kind of dessert to make, and the birthday girl for whom it is going to be designed for tells you… “Chocolate”… that gives you some latitude.

I also know that she likes cannolis & champagne and peanut butter… so I picked two and ran with it.

My only experience with a trifle… old black and white drawings of parfaits, cakes and trifles and that episode on Friends where Rachel makes a trifle with ground beef… mine did not have meat… I promise ;)

I started with a layer of champagne cake,
followed by a layer of champagne custard…
Followed by a brownie layer
then chocolate mousse…
then some more champagne cake…
Then… cannoli cream and chocolate shavings

Not a traditional trifle… more like a parfait I suppose. I didn’t think fruit had any place in this creamy paradise ;)

About a gallon of trifle was made… after dishing it out to 7 of us, we had waaay more than half of it left. And, to my surprise, nobody wanted to take any home.

I got a similar reaction to my trifle that the folks on Friends gave Rachel… I know the thing tasted good (unless lies were told), but the 12 egg yolks, 4 cups of cream and umpteen tablespoons of butter made everyone’s head spin. Oh, and this was after a pre-Thanksgiving birthday meal which we consumed less than an hour beforehand.

The entire meal… 8-10 sticks of butter. Oh yeah. Rock on.

I think she enjoyed it, though :)

I know I was grinning from ear to ear… before promptly entering into a butter-haze. (Best mug ever… on a mug)

Here’s the reaction to Rachel’s trifle-gone-wrong on Friends…

Sadly, the end was cut off… but… at least the “it tastes like feet” bit was in there!

I am making a Pumpkin custard trifle/parfait for Thanksgiving… I shall report back! :)

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