hey dudes I'm Hilah and today on Hilah
cooking is Christmas around the world
we're going across the pond to England
and I'm gonna show you how to make a
trifle a trifle is like a cake and
custard and a fruit dessert it's super
simple to put together I think that's
why it's called a trifle and my grandma
really loved to make these and I haven't
had one in probably like 20 years so
we're really excited to make it for you
the way my groom used to make it for me
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okay so this is basically just a really
simple assembly I'm going to use some
store-bought pound cake ladyfingers are
traditionally used but my grandma always
used pound cake for some reason you
could use a sponge cake or something
like that
one thing about my grandma is that she
loved to eat but she hated to cook so
shortcuts were welcome in her kitchen so
you just want to get this in here and
cut it up as you need to to make sure
that the whole bottom of your thing is
covered I'm using a little straight
sided glass dish here so that you could
see all the layers and then we're gonna
sprinkle this with a little bit of
alcohol not rubbing alcohol I'm using
cream sherry this was her favorite brand
Harvey's Bristol cream sherry and just
smelling this totally reminds me of her
house um not that she was an alcoholic
but she liked her sherry so I'm just
gonna sprinkle the pound cake with a
little bit maybe a tablespoon or
something of this sherry and if you
wanted to make it non-alcoholic this
isn't working at all you could just do
some juice or some coffee and then it
would sort of almost be a little bit
more like a tiramisu it's actually kind
of a similar concept and then we're
gonna top it with some custard or
pudding in the US and you can use a box
like she always did or you can make your
own and I showed you how to make a
pudding custard on the banana pudding
video I did a while back so I'll put a
link to that in the description box if
you want to see how to make pudding it's
not hard so I just want to make sure
everything's covered then I've got some
raspberry preserves and you could really
use any kind of fruit
Reserve that you want but I think
berries are particularly good so
strawberry blueberry but I'm gonna go
for raspberry here just put a little bit
of that down and then some fresh
raspberries and just gonna use my hands
and get dirty in there and kind of tear
them up a little bit cuz these are
enormous these are like totally some
genetically modified raspberries
probably but whatever this is America
I'm pretty sure that trifles are also
eaten in Australia and other places
where England has had a big influence
then we can top it with another layer of
cake a little more alcohol whoa that was
kind of a lot how fun oops
no I'm kind of doing it on purpose okay
then a little bit more custard and then
once you've got all your layers you can
do two to three layers depending on how
much you're making and how big your
container is we're gonna spread the
whole top of it with some whipped cream
and you can probably guess that my
grandma used to use Cool Whip but this
is just some heavy cream that I've
whipped to soft peaks you can take it
all the way to the edges or you can
leave a little bit of the fruit showing
which I think what is what I'm gonna do
because I think it looks really pretty
to see all the other colors in there
okay and then you just top it off with
some almonds so just decorate it with a
little almonds and if you like more
almonds you can put almonds on the
inside layers too but grandma always
just put them on top probably cuz
they're kind of expensive okay there we
go there is a beautiful easy trifle
little dessert so you can put it in the
fridge and let it sit there for a few
hours and that cake will just continue
to absorb the booze and all the flavors
will get together or you can eat it
right away which is what I'm about to do
not the whole thing cuz come on let's be
realistic
it a little bit I'm just gonna have a
little bit and this is why I straight
sided thing helps not only because it
looks prettier but just makes it a
little easier to serve look how pretty
that is
that's just lovely guys yay delicious I
can't wait to eat this hmm hmm yeah okay
oh yeah it's so good all right well
there you go there's how to make a
trifle for your English Christmas
celebration super easy or you could just
make it any old time like my grandma
used to do she would make it pretty much
every weekend please check out Hilah
cooking comm for this printable recipe
and lots of other Christmas recipes and
if you're still looking for a Christmas
gift for your people then I've got a few
cookbooks for sale so I will put a link
to those too I hope you enjoy this have
a wonderful Christmas and let's just
give this puppy a taste they all honking
back hmm
this is the dessert those remarkably
delicious for how simple it is you saw
employers but all the flavors to the
sherry and the pudding and the red
berries and the cream sauce it's awesome
I hope you try it have a wonderful
holiday season I hope everyone's getting
lots of rest and spending lots of time
to grab one and I'll see you guys next
time bye
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