Gingerbread Trifle Recipe with Baileys Irish Cream - Benjamina Ebuehi
This gingerbread trifle with Baileys recipe by Benjamina Ebuehi is so good you might want to skip Christmas dinner and head straight to dessert. We won’t be judging you.
Ingredients
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Ginger Cake:
250g unsalted butter
200g light brown muscovado sugar
50g black treacle
100g golden syrup
3 eggs
100ml milk
300g plain flour
½ bicarbonate of soda
2 tsp baking powder
1 tbsp ground ginger
1 tsp mixed spice
¼ tsp ground cloves
Custard:
600ml double cream
300ml milk
2 tsp vanilla bean paste
6 egg yolks
2 ½ tbsp cornflour
65g caster sugar
2 tbsp biscuit spread
300ml double cream
100ml strong brewed coffee
Decoration:
Gingernut biscuits
crushed
Milk chocolate
to grate
Edible glitter
gold or silver
Allergies
Egg
Milk
Wheat
Soya
Directions
- TO MAKE THE GINGER CAKE: STEP ONE
Preheat the oven to 180C/170C Fan. Grease and line a 9 inch by 13 inch cake tin.
- STEP TWO
Gently heat the butter, golden syrup and treacle in a small saucepan until the butter is completely melted. Allow to cool for a few minutes before stirring in the sugar. In a small jug, whisk together the eggs and milk and set aside.
- STEP THREE
In a large bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda, spices and salt. Mix the batter until smooth and pour into the tin.
- STEP FOUR
Bake for 35-40 minutes then aside to cool completely.
- TO MAKE THE CUSTARD: STEP ONE
Whisk the egg yolks, sugar and cornflour in a large bowl until smooth and pale. Set aside.
- STEP TWO
Heat the milk, cream and vanilla in a saucepan over medium heat until just before boiling. Pour a quarter of the hot milk onto the eggs and whisk thoroughly. Add the rest of milk a bit at a time whisking well after each addition.
- STEP THREE
Pour the mixture back into the pan over a medium heat and stir continuously until the custard is nicely thickened.
- STEP FOUR
Remove from the heat and spilt the custard evenly into two bowls. Stir the biscuit spread into one of the bowls until fully combined.
- STEP FIVE
Cover both sets of custard with a layer of cling film directly touching the surface. Let it cool to room temperature before chilling in the fridge.
- TO MAKE THE BAILEYS ORIGINAL IRISH CREAM LAYER: STEP ONE
Mix 80ml Baileys Original Irish Cream with the double cream in a large bowl and whip until you have soft peaks.
- TO ASSEMBLE THE BAILEYS ORIGINAL IRISH CREAM GINGERBREAD TRIFLE: STEP ONE
Cut up the ginger cake into small squares and place them in your trifle dish or individual serving glass.
- STEP TWO
Spoon the coffee onto the cake layer followed by a layer of vanilla custard and biscuit-flavoured custard.
- STEP THREE
Sprinkle on a layer of crushed gingernut biscuits and then spoon the Baileys Original Irish Cream layer on top.
- STEP FOUR
Decorate with more gingernut crumbs, grated milk chocolate, a sprinkle of edible glitter and drizzle with extra golden syrup if you'd like!
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