Trifle

[ALEXW]

Interesting to note that no mention is made of a layered dish of blancmange, fruit and cream with a custard topping. Is this because the law does not concern itself with trifles?

 

[kay]

Interesting to note that no mention is made of a layered dish of blancmange, fruit and cream with a custard topping. Is this because the law does not concern itself with trifles?

It might be because even bad jokes need to get the recipe right. Blancmange AND custard in the same dish? And the cream underneath the custard?

 

[ALEXW]

Bad joke? Bad joke!!!
I don’t mind you criticizing my jokes but you leave my trifle recipe alone.


Having already taken this thread off topic I may as well risk the wrath of the moderator and encourage posts from trifle pedants that I am sure are already typing furiously.
MY!! Trifle has layers of almost anything I can find in my cupboards in random order; it is never the same twice.
One consistent, however, is the custard on the top. I hate the way the colours from the hundreds and thousands bleed into the whipped cream so I always top it with a layer of custard. Timing is critical when constructing and so is the temperature and consistency of the custard.
A top tip; use Jaffa Cakes soaked in sherry in the base if using orange jelly.
On a legal note (see the way I brought it back on topic) are Jaffa Cakes cakes or biscuits?

 

[Ian Adams]

On a legal note (see the way I brought it back on topic) are Jaffa Cakes cakes or biscuits?

..... The VAT office took an issue with this before they amalgamated with the tax office to become HM Revenue & Customs and argued they were "biscuits" (so they could levy VAT). They lost the ruling to McVities who succeeded in claiming they were "cakes".

Why did McVities win?

.... Because they had an awesome Barrister (and we are back on topic with that    )

Ian

 

[crickleymal]

On a legal note (see the way I brought it back on topic) are Jaffa Cakes cakes or biscuits?

Cakes. I think it was proven because biscuits go soft when stale and cakes go hard. An old jaffa cake goes hard or so I am led to believe.  They don't stay around long enough for me to test the theory.

 

[tony from suffolk]

They got their just desserts.

 

[Laurie]

My life has just taken a major turn.....
Sherry soaked Jaffa Cakes instead of sponge fingers

 

[kay]

Bad joke? Bad joke!!!
I don?t mind you criticizing my jokes but you leave my trifle recipe alone.

I'm serious - why blancmange and custard in the same dish? OK, I know proper custard is milk/cream thickened with egg, sweetened and flavoured with vanilla. But trifle custard is usually milk thickened with coloured cornflour, sweetened. And blancmange is milk thickened with uncoloured cornflour, sweetened. So why use both, unless you happen to have leftovers of one or the other?

And thanks to Paul for splitting this.

 

[kay]

Why did McVities win?

.... Because they had an awesome Barrister (and we are back on topic with that    )

No, no, the goalposts have moved, you're off topic. You've got to get it back to trifle 

 

[ZombieCake]

Cream on top of custard for me.  Glace cherries & chocolate shavings would alleviate the hundreds and thousands issue.

 

[ALEXW]

To be honest I'm not very good at judging how much to make for each layer so if I have a very big bowl I may finish up with loads of thin layers. I have to get creative if I am to fill the bowl to the top. Condemn me for overusing cornflour if you must but in my defence I have never resorted to using Dream Topping (although I have had a dalliance with squirty cream).

 

[Roger W]

Bacon sandwiches at the bottom, topped with a thick layer of gently grilled cheese and finished off with a delicate smear of Marmite.

(Who said trifles couldn't be savoury?)

 

[kay]

To be honest I'm not very good at judging how much to make for each layer so if I have a very big bowl I may finish up with loads of thin layers. I have to get creative if I am to fill the bowl to the top. Condemn me for overusing cornflour if you must but in my defence I have never resorted to using Dream Topping (although I have had a dalliance with squirty cream).

You're in good company.
http://www.jamieoliver.com/recipes/fruit-recipes/mrs-oliver-s-massive-retro-trifle/

I'd never heard of having both blancmange and custard in trifle before - just demonstrates what so many people say, that ukcaving is a source of information second to none 

 

[bograt]

For proper quality, cut up Madiera cake soaked in Brandy (cooking), Jelly made with Sherry, then fruit, custard and cream, to your choice, the kids go wild for it!!----.

 

[cavemanmike]

For proper quality, cut up Madiera cake soaked in Brandy (cooking), Jelly made with Sherry, then fruit, custard and cream, to your choice, the kids go wild for it!!----.

with all the brandy and sherry the kids probably go wild after it rather than for it 

 

[bograt]

For proper quality, cut up Madiera cake soaked in Brandy (cooking), Jelly made with Sherry, then fruit, custard and cream, to your choice, the kids go wild for it!!----.

with all the brandy and sherry the kids probably go wild after it rather than for it 

  Yup! I have been in trouble for it many times!  :

 

[cavermark]

Reminds me of the joke about the rastafarians who went to the emotions party...

 

[traff]

Reminds me of the joke about the rastafarians who went to the emotions party...

That's disgusting........I despair......

 

[Robert Scott]

Last Tuesday in hospital, I had an operation on my right shoulder at 8am.
I'd come round from the anesthetic about lunch-time but still groggy and weak so the nurses just gave me jelly and custard for lunch.
In the afternoon, I vomited a trifle.

 

[ZombieCake]

Gross - diced carrots in a trifle, oh no  :yucky:  Was it dodgy NHS food?