Quick dessert recipe for 4 - 8 people, takes only 20 mins; recipe has amaretti biscuit, cake, cherry, jam, custard, double cream and flaked almond.

Bakewell trifles
Course: Quick dessert
Servings
4 - 8
servings
Prep time
15 mins
Ingredients
- Double Cream: 300ml double cream
- Flaked Almond: 3 tbsp toasted flaked almond
- Custard: 2 x 150g pots custard
- Cherry: 1/2 x 225g jar cocktail or maraschino cherries, drained, plus extra to serve
- Jam: 200g cherry compote or jam
- Cake: 140g madeira loaf cake
- Amaretti Biscuit: 25g crunchy amaretti biscuit
Directions
- Crumble the biscuits and cake, roughly mix and divide between 8 small glasses. Halve the cherries and divide between the trifles, then top with compote or jam.
- Beat together the custard and cream, then dollop on top. Scatter over the almonds, add a cherry half to each trifle and chill until ready to serve.