Chocolate Black Forest Trifle

...and it tastes just as good as the name!

As the name 'trifle' suggests, it is a triple-layered dessert that can be made up of many different ingredients and sauces. If you type 'trifle' in an internet search engine, you'll be swamped with the different types of trifles!

This version is the Chocolate Black Forest version, and it simply comprises of a layer of chocolate cake buttered with strawberry jam, a layer of cherries and a layer of chocolate custard (I can hear some screaming of joy now!) topped with a nice layer of cream, finishing off with a good amount of dark chocolate shaving... mmm~!!

Ingredients:

• 10 ounces semi-sweetened dark chocolate (faints), and some for shavings
• 350 ml of milk (i used fullcream)
• 350 ml of cream
• 1 tablespoon of cocoa powder
• 8 egg yolks
• 1/2 cup of
• Cherries in a can, that also has cherry liquid in it... you'll need the liquid. (Do NOT use the Maraschino cherries that I used... too sweet! It's only meant for the tops of cakes, not inside of one!)
• 1 'loaf' of chocolate cake
• strawberry jam (it is better if you use real jam - not the really jelly-like type :D)
• Whipping cream

Makes 20-30 servings (I cannot tell!)



First, get your semi-sweet dark chocolate and chop it up into pieces...


...and put it in a double boiler to melt (to prevent it from burning)

mmm~~!! see it meeelllltttt.

while it is melting, you add your milk, cream, (sifted) cocoa powder, sugar and 8 egg yolks in a bowl and beat lightly together.

when the chocolate has melted, pour in the milk mixture.


And stir till it thickens. Best if you use a wooden spoon to stir so you can tell easily if it is thick or not. Leave it in the double boiler for some time, because you need it to thicken or else it will get absorbed into the chocolate cake layer.

While the mixture is in the double boiler, heating up, prepare your cake base. Get your chocolate cake and cut it 1 inch thick.


spread jam between two pieces and make it like a sandwich!


line it at the bottom of your bowl and put your cherries over it, and pour the liquid on the cake and make sure the cake absorbs it. Yummy!


After your chocolate custard has hardened a little, take it out and put it in a bowl to cool down. You may need to put it in the fridge for about 2 or 3 hours.


After the chocolate custard has hardened a little in the fridge, pour it into the bowl and leave it in the fridge overnight.


The next morning, take it out of the fridge and commence with the whipping cream!


Whip an amount enough to cover the top of the bowl. (you might want to add 1/4 cup sugar if you have a real sweet tooth - I'd personally do it because to me, the cream will be tasteless!)


And VOILA! Use some of the dark chocolate to add some shavings on top of the trifle.


And there you have it! Chocolate Black Forest Trifle!


Will try this a second time, but I will use the right cherries this time! (Will try black cherries - the ones used in real black forest cakes! I suggest you try it too)

And also, tempted to pour a layer of strawberry jelly onto the cake layer, to fill in the gaps of that layer and to have the cake absorb it a little. Will update!