Nigella's Blackberry Orange Trifle

Nigella's Blackberry Orange Marmalade Trifle

Super easy and tasty dessert from Nigella that whips up in seconds. Nigella used pound cake, but I'm using a store bought day old angel food cake for this variation.

The steps on her television show were as follows, but I copied the recipe from foodnetwork star for you guys below, although it's slightly different on there and does not use the marmalade. 

2 pound cakes or one angel food cake, sliced and layered on a plate

Marmalade mixed with some hot water into a syrup and drizzled over. 

Zest of 1 orange, thicker longer zest pieces and reserve juice of orange to drizzle over cake either mixed into the marmalade or overtop. 

Top with soft clouds of whipped cream (whipped into soft peaks and not any more - heavy cream/vanilla extract/1 tbsp powder sugar)
Garnish with blackberries and orange zest.

Tastes great the following day too if covered well in the fridge 

Source: Food network 

Ingredients

1 store-bought pound cake

1/3 cup orange liqueur (recommended: Cointreau)

1 orange or 2 clementines

1 cup heavy cream

10 ounces blackberries (about 2 cups, or blueberries if blackberries can't be found)

Directions

Cut the cake into slices and arrange them on a plate or a wide, shallow dish. Drizzle with the orange liqueur.

Zest the orange or clementines into a bowl and set aside. Squeeze the juice from the orange or clementines, over the liqueur-soaked cake.

Whip the cream in a small bowl until thick but soft, and spoon it unfancily over the top of the saturated, not to say gloriously sodden, cake.

Arrange the blackberries over the top of the whipped cream, then scatter with the reserved zest before serving.

Nom Nom's over the winter months

Here are some of the shots I took of some of the foods I cooked over the winter months.

Between December and February not only did my oven/stove break down but so did the BBQ so both were replaced and I'm happy with the results of them so far :)

I'll try to write a review for my Samsung Range because it has the interesting divider/insert that can turn the extra large oven into two ovens for cooking in each area at a different temperature, very cool!

Berry Trifle

Here is one of my all time FAVOURITE desserts, and I think I'm just getting started on how many ways you could customize it.

I bought the cake, just an angel food cake that I sliced into slices and set aside on a plate to dry up a bit (remember it's going to absorb a lot of yummy goodness so didn't want it to get too mushy)

A little homemade custard, chilled.

Homemade whipped cream and lots of berries.

Layer it up.

Cake

Custard

Berries

Whipped cream

Repeat

Repeat again and finally add some berries on top for garnish

It tastes best when it sits a bit so that's what I did, stretched a bit of cling wrap over top and set it in the fridge overnight.

Yumyum!

Berries & Cream Cake

Here's a lovely dessert that comes together in minutes!

All you need is:

- Store bought angel food cake

- Blackberries, blueberries, raspberries and strawberries, whatever you fancy

- Heavy cream

- Real vanilla extract (it's worth investing in the good stuff here because we're working with pure simple flavours)

- A few tbsp powder sugar

Begin by unmoulding your cake and placing it on a plate.

Handle your berries delicately and wash then lay them on a paper towel to dry, be careful not to squish them.

In a bowl pour your chilled heavy cream and add some vanilla, powder sugar (about 2 or 3 tbsps)

Whisk by hand or use a mixer/hand blender until it is creamy but still has a soft peak texture without seizing up too much.

Gently scoop the whipped cream all over the top of the cake.

Now layer all the berries on top and chill!

With the berries that didn't make the cut I threw them in a small pot with some sugar and as soon as they come to a boil I smashed them with a fork, ran them through the strainer and saved the juice. This makes a great sauce when plating.

Serve & Enjoy!


**Whenever there is whip cream on sight kitty comes by for a taste. He needed a good distraction while I shot the cake