A trifling post

I love a good trifle. Actually I love a bad trifle, or a Bird's trifle or any trifle really so this year for our Christmas dinner dessert I'm going retro with trifle. I've also got a brand spanking new trifle bowl that was a wedding gift so it would be rude not to.

Last year I made a Bailey's and White Chocolate Cheesecake which on paper sounded amazing, the mixture tasted lush but all in all in was an unmitigated disaster when after 24 hours in the fridge it still hadn't set. Mr M however persevered and ate the liquid mush.

So, it's a trifle this year and I am currently on the hunt for a super trifle recipe. Apparently, according to Caterer Search, the first recognisably modern trifle appeared in the fifth (1755) edition of Hannah Glasse’s, The Art of Cookery Made Plain and Easy. However before then it had existed simply as a "fool". I'll be perusing my rather fulsome cookery book shelves later but here are a few possibilities I've found on the web.

Delia Smith's Traditional Trifle
Sherry Trifle from BBC Good Food
James Martin's White Chocolate & Raspberry Trifle
Rachel Allen's Classic Trifle

The conundrum is - do I go for the bog standard traditional trifle that we all know and most of us love, or do I go for something a little more jazzy? The BBC Good Food website has all manner of flavours of trifle like

Baked Raspberry & Bramble Trifle with Drambuie
Apple Flapjack Trifle
Rhubarb, Apple & Ginger Crunch Trifle
Christmas Pear & Chocolate Tiramisu Trifle

I am erring on the side of tradition and thinking of going with Rachel Allen at the moment but am open to suggestions!

love & kisses
Mrs M x