English Trifle (Americanized) by:Jill Gollaher

You will need:

3 small packages vanilla pudding*
2 small packages strawberry or raspberry Jello
3 cups boiling water
1 ½ cups vanilla ice cream
1 can (or fresh) mandarin oranges
1 can (or fresh) chunked pineapple
3 bananas, sliced
1 angel food cake or loaf of pound cake (I like pound cake best), cut into chunks
1 pint whipping cream
¼ cup sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract

Make pudding according to directions on the boxes. (Makes 6 cups of pudding) Refrigerate. Dissolve jello in 3 cups boiling water. Stir in vanilla ice cream, mandarin oranges, pineapple, and bananas. Pour half of mixture into a very large glass serving bowl. Pour the other half into a serving bowl. Refrigerate both. When jello is partially set, layer half of the cake chunks on top in the serving bowl. Spread on half of the pudding. Pour the other half of the partially set jello on top of pudding. Add remaining cake and then spread the rest of the pudding on top.

Refrigerate all day or overnight. Before serving, whip the cream with about ¼ cup sugar and 1 tsp vanilla. Whip the cream stiffly and spread over the top of the trifle.

* I sometimes make my own vanilla custard (pudding). Use a recipe that makes 6 cups of pudding. The trifle tastes even better with homemade pudding. Yum Yum!



Personal comment:
The first time I ever heard of a trifle was when Rachel (from Friends) made it and if any one has seen that TV show that trifle did not turn out to well. But I tried the virsion of the Trifle when getting our temple prep classes from Greg and Jill Gollaher. And let me tell you I would not change a thing about it it was just amazing. Thanks Jill for the recipe I’ll have to keep making this till I get it to taste as good as yours tasted. I have to give it a 5 out of 5 Stars.