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Sixmas Course 6 – Champagne Marmalade Trifle

22 December 2020 by Dominic Franks

champagne trifle

Sixmas Course 6 – Champagne Marmalade Trifle

Let’s celebrate the fact that we’ve reached the end of another successful Christmas meal without Auntie Enid getting too squiffy and falling asleep at the table or that the twins haven’t already broken the toys they received only a few hours ago and raise a glass of boozy trifle.  These trifles are a contemporary twist on the classic Christmas Day dessert.  Served individually in glasses, they’re more of a build than a bake and if, like I’ve done, you buy a ready made sponge and custard then you’re already winning!

  • 1 vanilla sponge cake – cut into rough chunks
  • 200ml custard – a ready made one is fine
  • 200ml double cream
  • marmalade (I love the three fruits marmalade from Sainsbury’s)
  • 100g dried cranberries
  • a dash or two of champagne
  • half a lemon
  • white sugar

You will need 6 glasses.  I think these work well in champagne coupe glasses but would work equally well in martini glasses or small glass bowls.

Place the cranberries in a bowl and cover with champagne to soak.  After 5 mins, drain the cranberries (keep the champagne for later) and stir them into your marmalade.

Sprinkle some sugar into a shallow bowl. Run a cut lemon around the rim of each glass and run the rim into the sugar.

Whisk your cream to soft peaks.

Place a few chunks of cake into each glass and spritz each one with a dash of the champagne that the cranberries were soaking in. Spoon a layer of custard onto the cake, followed by a layer of the cranberry and marmalade. Then top each glass with a generous heap of whipped cream.  Scatter one or two cranberries on top.

champagne trifle

My Sixmas Dinner so far:

  • Course 1 –  The Christmas Spritz
  • Course 2 – Chestnut and Mushroom Soup
  • Course 3 – Smoked Salmon Terrine
  • Course 4 – The Main Event
  • Course 5 – Mini Christmas Cakes with naughty chocolate sauce
  • Course 6 – Champagne Marmalade Trifle

Eat and of course, enjoy!

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  1. Nic | Nic's Adventures & Bakes says

    23 December 2020 at 10:40 am

    Thanks for sharing this lovely dessert idea 🙂

    • Dominic Franks says

      23 December 2020 at 11:04 am

      thanks Nic and thanks for all you lovely comments this year, have a wonderful Christmas x

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