Summer Berry Trifle
Prep time:25 minutes plus 6 hours or overnight in the fridge
Serves: 8
Recipe by The Lazy Makoti
Summer Berry Trifle by The Lazy Makoti
Ingredients
¼ cup (190 ml) strawberry or raspberry jam
2cups (500ml) sliced strawberries
2 cups (500ml) raspberries
2 cups(500ml) blueberries
1 ½ cups (375ml) whipping cream, cold
1 tub cream cheese, at room temperature
¾ cup(190ml) castor sugar
1 teaspoon (5ml) vanilla essence
1 packet Boudoir biscuits
Extra berries and fresh mint to garnish
Instructions
Heat the jam in a large bowl in the microwave until hot, about 1 minute. Add the fresh berries and toss to coat.
In a separate large bowl, whip the cream until stiff peaks form, about 4 minutes. Set aside.
In a separate large bowl, beat the cream cheese with sugar until smooth about 3 minutes. Add the vanilla essence and combine well.
Add the whipped cream to the cream-cheese mixture in three batches, folding in gently each time, until well combined.
Cover bottom of a trifle dish or deep glass bowl with layer of biscuits, breaking into pieces as necessary. Follow with a third of the berry-jam mixture, then a third of the cream-cheese mixture. Continue layering in this way (biscuits, berry-jam mixture, cream-cheese mixture),ending with the cream-cheese mixture
Garnish with berries and mint. Refrigerate for at least 6 hours.
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