Creations Vegan Black Forest Trifle
Preparation Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 30 minutes
Serves: 20 servings
The ultimate chocolate dessert layered with moist chocolate cake, creamy filling and cherries.
Ingredients
For the cake
500g Snowflake Creations Chocolate Cake Mix
60ml cooking oil
5ml distilled white vinegar
300ml water
For your trifle
250ml imitation whipping cream
150g chocolate icing mix
30g Snowflake Corn Flour
150g chocolate icing mix (½ of the included sachet)
100g glacé cherries
1 can black cherries, strained (keep the sauce separate)
1 bottle maraschino cherries, strained (keep the sauce separate)
Method
- Step 1: For the cake
- CREATE IT!
- Preheat the oven to 180 degrees
- Mix oil, vinegar and water with an electric mixer for about 30 seconds, then add cake mix
- Beat batter with an electric mixer for about 30 seconds on low speed until smooth and combined, then about 4 minutes on high speed
- Pour batter into two greased 20 cm round cake tins
- Bake for about 30 minutes. Leave to cool
- Step 2: Layering your trifle
- CREATE IT!
- Cut each of the cooled cakes into 2 layers
- Whip imitation whipping cream until peaks form, then divide into 2
- Add 150 g chocolate icing mix to one-half of the whipped imitation whipping cream
- Mix maraschino cherry sauce and black cherry sauce together
- Add corn flour to cherry sauce and thicken in a saucepan over medium heat, then cool
- Set a layer of cake at the bottom of a glass trifle bowl
- Drizzle some thickened cherry sauce over the cake
- Set a layer of black cherries and maraschino cherries on top
- Spread a layer of whipped chocolate imitation whipping cream
- Spread a layer of whipped plain imitation whipping cream
- Repeat the layering process until all ingredients are used
- Finish off with whipped imitation whipping cream and top with glacé cherries
