Black Forest Trifle
- Yield: 12 1x
Ingredients
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- 1 pound fresh cherries, pitted (or 1 12 ounce bag frozen cherries)
- 1/2 cup Kirsch (cherry liqueur)
- 1 chocolate pound cake
- 3 cups heavy whipping cream
- 3 tablespoons powdered sugar
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 8 fresh cherries for decoration (or Luxardo or maraschino cherries)
- 4 ounces dark chocolate bar
Instructions
- Pit cherries if using fresh. Combine cherries with kirsch and let sit at least one hour, up to overnight.
- Drain cherries, but save all the liquid separately.
- Cut pound cake into bite-size cubes.
- Whip cold cream until soft peaks form, then add sugar and vanilla and whip until stiff peaks.
- Layer in a straight-sided trifle dish: cake to cover the bottom; drizzle with Kirsch, sprinkle with cherries, spread with cream to cover. Continue, ending with cream.
- Refrigerate 4-24 hours.
- Decorate with cherries and shaved dark chocolate.
Notes
You will need a 4 quart size trifle dish to hold this amount, or two 2-quart dishes. Trifles are best served in a straight-sided glass dish so that you can see the layers but of course any vessel will work. Except a toilet bowl. Don’t make it in that.
Find it online: https://hilahcooking.com/black-forest-trifle/