Easy Victorian-style Trifle

Total Time: 7 mins Preparation Time: 7 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 cup prepared eggnog
• 1/2 small lb cake or 1/2 small angel food cake, cut into 3-inch x1-inch cubes
• 1/4 cup sweet sherry
• 2 tablespoons brandy
• 1 grated lemon, zest of
• 1/2 cup slivered almonds, lightly toasted
• 1/2 cup strawberry-raspberry preserves
• 1 small banana, sliced
• 3/4 cup fresh pineapple or 3/4 cup canned pineapple, cut in bite-sized pieces
• 6 amaretti cookies or 6 macaroons, crushed
• 1/2 pint heavy cream, whipped and lightly sweetened with sugar

Recipe

• 1 pour eggnog into a deep flat bowl or compote dish.
• 2 arrange cake pieces over eggnog and aginst the edges of bowl.
• 3 moisten with sherry and brandy.
• 4 sprinkle lemon zest and almonds evenly over cake.
• 5 spoon on preserves, distribute banana, pineapple and amaretti cookies over preserves.
• 6 either pipe or spoon whipped cream on trifle.
• 7 serve by spooning trifle from the bottom of the dish to combine all ingredients.