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Individual Summer Berry Trifles

Creamy & delicious Summer Berry Trifle -- layered with pound cake, creamy eggless pastry cream and colorful mixed berries.
Author: Pavani
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Prep Time: 30 minutes
Cook Time: 30 minutes
Total Time: 4 hours
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Servings: 4 serving

Ingredients

For the Berry Layer:

  • 1 Small Pound cake, diced
  • 2 cups Mixed Berries
  • 2~3 tbsp Sugar (adjust as per taste)
  • 2 tsp cornstarch

For the Pastry Cream:

  • ½ cup White Chocolate, chopped
  • 1 cup milk
  • 3 tbsp sugar
  • 3 tbsp Cornstarch or Custard powder
  • 1 tbsp unsalted butter
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract

Instructions

Make the Berry Layer:

  • Reserve ½cup of the berries in a bowl. Combine the remaining 1½cups of berries, sugar and corn starch in a sauce pan. Cook on medium heat, stirring occasionally, until the mixture is thick. Mash some of the berries with the back of the spoon to get somewhat smooth consistency. Pour the berry mixture onto the reserved berries in the bowl. Mix well and set aside to cool. This can be done at least 2~3 days ahead and refrigerated until ready to use.

Make the Pastry Cream:

  • Melt the butter and chopped white chocolate in a double boiler. Whisk until smooth and set aside to cool slightly.
  • In a small bowl, whisk custard powder (or corn starch) in 1½tbsp milk.
  • Combine remaining milk and sugar in a saucepan. Bring the mixture to a boil. Remove the pan from heat and add the melted chocolate and slowly stir in the custard (corn starch) mixture. Return the pan to the heat and cook on medium flame, stirring continuously, until the mixture thickens. Turn off the heat and add the vanilla extract. Mix well and pour the custard into a bowl.
  • Place a plastic wrap on top of the custard and refrigerate until ready to use. This can be made at least 2~3 days ahead.

Prep the Cake:

  • Cut the pound cake to the size of the serving dishes. Alternately you can chop the cake and simply add it as a layer.

To Assemble:

  • Place a layer of cake in the bottom of the serving dish (you can use 1 big trifle dish or 3~4 small trifle bowls). Top it with a layer of berries, followed by the pastry cream.
  • Repeat with the Cake, Berries and Pastry cream. Finally add the whipped cream layer and berries. Refrigerate until ready to serve.

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