Chocolate Cherry Trifle

Its Christmas time…its trifle time….
Trifle is a great dessert with many layers of Sponge Cake, Custards, Fruits and cream…

You will need..
1 Chocolate Sponge Cake - Recipe follows..
1 Can cherry
1 /2 Cup Chocolate Custard – Recipe follows..
Chocolate buttons, grated chocolate or whipping cream for decoration as per your taste

                              
For Chocolate Custard
1/2 Cup milk
1 table spoon Custard Powder
1 table spoon Sugar
Chocolate Buttons 1/ 4 Cup
Melt Chocolate by double boiling or in a microwave
Dissolve the Custard in little milk taken from the ½ Cup milk and boil reaming milk.
Once the milk is slightly hot, add in the Custard mix and stir.
Remove from heat once the mix start to thicken lightly and add the melted chocolate and stir well.
Now boil the mix in low heat for 3-5 minutes
Remove from heat and let it cool.

Assembling the Trifle..
Cut the sponge cake and line the first layer of the trifle dish.
Drain the cherries and take about ¼ Cup cherries and Puree it.
Add the Puree as second layer.
Now add another layer of Chocolate Sponge cake.
Drizzle a table spoon of Cherry syrup from the canned cherries on top of the sponge cake.
Add a layer of cherries on top of the Chocolate Sponge cake.
Now add the cooled custard on top of cherries and let it sit in refrigerator for 30 minutes.

Decorate with grated chocolate or whipping cream as per your taste

Make a super easy Chocolate cake as follows

For Chocolate Cake
1 /2 Cup all purpose Flour
1/2 cup sugar
1 tablespoons cocoa
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 eggs
60 Ml Corn Oil or Butter
1 / 4 Cup Milk
1/2 tsp of Baking Soda
1/2 tsp of Baking powder

Preheat oven to 180°C (350°F).
Sieve all dry ingredients and set aside.
Mix in Sugar, Oil and egg in a bowl and beat well till the color lightens.
Add in vanilla essence and add in the milk and beat on low heat for few seconds.
Add in the dry ingredients in two turns and beat lightly.

Pour mixture into prepared cake pan and bake for 20-25 min until cooked.