Update on my life. Wake
up, go to school, come home, practice piano, do home work, eat, do more home
work, go to bed. Today Finally I have found some time to sit down and do
something I want to do and love doing:-) (I do love piano though) The first few
weeks of school were a lot more hectic than I thought they would be. Oh well,
by now I have my routine down and slowly, but surly I am gaining more free
time. YAY
This year my dad turned
46. His favorite cake is angel food cake with strawberries and whipped crème so
I thought I would class it up a bit and make a Strawberry Shortcake Trifle.
Really, truly, a delicious substitute for the all too common birthday cake.
Lets Get Cookin'
Ingredients
- 2 cups whole milk
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup cornstarch
- 2 large eggs
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 loaf pound cake, cut into 16
slices
- 1/2 cup strawberry jam
- 2 cups thinly sliced
strawberries
- 2 tablespoons triple sec (or orange juice)
In a pan, combine milk and
salt. Warm over medium heat until milk is just below a simmer.
In a bowl, whisk
together sugar, cornstarch and eggs until smooth.
Whisking constantly,
slowly pour 1/3 of milk into sugar mixture. Whisk mixture back into pan with
remaining milk; return pan to medium heat. Cook, whisking constantly, until
mixture begins to thicken, about 5 minutes.
Pour through a
fine-mesh sieve into a clean bowl.
Whisk in butter and
vanilla.
Cover with plastic,
pressing it directly on surface of
custard to prevent a skin from forming. Refrigerate until completely cool,
about 1 hour.
When custard is cool,
arrange cake slices on a work surface.
Spread one side
thinly with jam.
Line bottom of a
glass trifle dish with 1/3 of pound cake slices, jam side up.
Top with 1/3 of
strawberries, and drizzle with 1/3 of Orange juice (2 teaspoons)
Spread with 1/3 of
custard.
Repeat layering 2 more
times (for a total of 3).
Refrigerate until
ready to serve.
êêCritics Reviewêê
Me: êêêê Dad: êêêêê Mom: êêêê Paul:êêêêê
Would I Make it
again…
Yes. It was super easy to
make, but had a very tasteful and a polished appearance.
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