Mini Trifles Recipe
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Using store bought cake, Pandoro (Italian Christmas cake) or brioche these are filled with creamy mascarpone and cherry sauce. Perfect for that special dessert recipe you need!
Servings: 6 people
Equipment
- 6 dessert glasses or cups (capacity 1¼ cups)
Ingredients
- 7 oz (200g) pandoro (or brioche, panettone or plain cake)
- 1 cup whipping cream
- 1 cup mascarpone cheese
- 2 tablespoon powdered (icing) sugar
- ⅓ cup amaretto liqueur
- ⅓ cup finely chopped dark chocolate
- 2 tablespoon flaked almonds (toasted)
- 1 quantity of cherry sauce. (or use canned cherry pie filling)
Instructions
- Whip cream and powdered (icing) sugar to soft peaks.
- Fold mascarpone and chopped chocolate into the cream.
- Slice pandoro ½ inch or 1cm slices.
- Divide half the cherry sauce amongst 6 dessert glasses or cups.
- Tear pandoro to fit and arrange in one layer (using half of the pandoro) on top of cherry sauce.
- Drizzle each with 1 ½ teaspoons of amaretto liqueur.
- Divide half of the mascarpone cream amongst the 6 dessert glasses or cups.
- Repeat with cherry sauce, pandoro, liqueur and finish with mascarpone cream.
- Top with almonds and a cherry.
Nutrition
Calories: 594kcal | Carbohydrates: 33g | Protein: 9g | Fat: 45g | Saturated Fat: 27g | Cholesterol: 149mg | Sodium: 191mg | Potassium: 140mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 13g | Vitamin A: 1394IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 114mg | Iron: 2mg