Christmas cake trifle

Name: Christmas cake trifle
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Cuisine: European, British
Ingredients: 200 g (7oz) iced fruitcake loaf (or leftover Christmas cake), cut into slices; 150 g (5oz) fresh cranberry sauce (available from most supermarkets in the chiller aisle); Icing sugar, to sweeten; 500 g tub good-quality fresh vanilla custard; Brandy or rum, to taste; 250 mL can squirty cream (aerosol UHT); Edible silver balls, to decorate

2 steps

Prep:10min

Not a fan of fruit cake? Use Jamaican ginger or chocolate cake instead in this easy Christmas trifle recipe.

Updated at: Sun, 07 Sep 2025 19:11:43 GMT

Nutrition balance score

Unbalanced

Glycemic Index

Moderate

Glycemic Load

High

Nutrition per serving

Calories434.5 kcal (22%)

Total Fat21 g (30%)

Carbs51.8 g (20%)

Sugars38 g (42%)

Protein6.5 g (13%)

Sodium99.7 mg (5%)

Fiber1.5 g (5%)

% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Ingredients

6 servings

200gfruitcake loaf

iced, or leftover christmas cake, cut into slices

150gcranberry sauce

fresh, available from most supermarkets in the chiller aisle

icing sugar

to sweeten

500gfresh vanilla custard

tub, good-quality

brandy

or rum, to taste

250mlsquirty cream

can, aerosol uht

edible silver balls

to decorate

Instructions

Step 1

Put the cake slices in the bottom of a large glass bowl. In a small bowl, stir together the cranberry sauce with enough icing sugar to sweeten to taste (a couple of dessertspoonfuls should do it) and spoon over the cake layer. Stir a splash of brandy or rum into the tub of custard (to taste) and pour tub over the cranberry layer.

Step 2

Squirt over enough whipped cream from the can to cover top of trifle and decorate with a sprinkling of silver balls. Serve immediately (the cream deflates quite quickly).

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