Cheat's Chocolate Trifle

This isn't so much a recipe - more of an idea for a great assembly job to prepare an impressive looking dessert in no time at all. 

You can add a layer of jelly as you would in a traditional trifle if you have the time, but when I throw this together it's usually when we have unexpected guests for dinner. 

I've also made it with Madeira cake instead of the chocolate Swiss roll - any kind of sponge cake works. You can also use dark chocolate or white chocolate for the custard - both work well.

Cheat's Chocolate Trifle

Cheat's Chocolate Trifle

Here's how:

• 1 chocolate Swiss roll
•  750g ready made custard
• 200g milk chocolate
• 1-2 squares white chocolate
• Punnet of raspberries
• 200ml whipping cream
• 1 tsp vanilla extract

Firstly rinse the raspberries and dry them off and set aside.

Break up all but 1-2 squares of the milk chocolate and place into a bowl. Place over a pan of boiling water to gently melt. Once thoroughly melted, remove the bowl from the heat and pour over half of the custard and mix well. 

Now for the cream - add the vanilla extract and whisk firmly for about 5 minutes or until the cream is really thick. 

Cut the Swiss roll into thin slices and place some around the outside of the edge of the trifle dish you are using. Into the centre place a handful of the raspberries. Then cover the raspberries with another slice of Swiss roll.

Now pour over some of the plain custard, then top that with of the chocolate custard and then add another layer of the sponge - this should use the remainder of the Swiss roll up now. 

Scatter a few raspberries over this layer then pour on the rest of the plain custard, followed by the chocolate custard.

Spoon the whipped cream over the top of the trifle and use the back of a spoon to smooth it as evenly as you can.

Place the remaining raspberries on top of the trifle to decorate and then finally grate over the milk chocolate and the white chocolate to give a final decoration. Enjoy!