So i am having a dinner party soon Inshallah and i am thinking of making one dessert with a wow factor…
I have decided to present individual trifles in small glasses/wide bowls…its different to the usual presentation of trifles in a large bowl - if you go with large ones…not everyone gets the equal share of jelly etc…
How would you layer it in the glass? What would you put? I want a nice finishing of cream on top! Also when you can see the actual trifle with layers is nice…
Any ideas?
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I would layer everything the same way as I would in a large bowl. Use the wide icecream bowl type instead of small glass.
You are supposed to start with cake which you can moisten with pineapple juice if you wish. Then add the fruit. I like using soft fruits, strawberries, bananas, oranges would probably be fine ( i love kiwis too), make sure to line the sides of the bowls with neatly arranged fruit pieces, I love sliced strawberries for that. I don;t like custard so I used vanilla pudding mixed with coolwhip. Add the jelly as the last layer. Get the whipped cream spray can thingies and once u have added the jelly just squirt out some whipped cream in the center. I doubt you can layer more than that in a single icecream bowl :)
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( i love kiwis too),:)
I can apply for New Zealand citizenship.
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FF's idea is really good. Lining the bowl with sliced fruit would be really nice, and strawberries just brighten up everything and give it a wow factor.
Just a tip I've picked up from FoodNetwork: Chill the empty bowls in freezer for 1-2hr before you start assembling the dessert, it'll help the fruit stick better to the bowl sides and keep it nice and cold.
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I don't like oranges, kiwi, water melon, cantalope kind of fruits in trifle. I like pineapple, strawberries, banana, berries, raisins, i also like adding nuts, and some cocktail can fruit. Now you can either go with the classic way of setting trifile, i.e. starting with cake or you can give it a twist by starting with jelly, custurd/pudding, or fruit. You can also glaze the gake with some stawberry jam or whatever flavor you like. Oh yea...as sahar said chill the glasses before laying the sweetdish.
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I’ll still love kiwis don’t worry 
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I dont like using fresh fruit in trifle, it makes it watery. We just use canned cocktail and it turns out awesome.
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pineapples are the only canned fruits i can take, with mayyyybe peaches. I don't like canned fruit cocktails, esp the grapes and pears in them.