Name: Chocolate and Orange Trifle
Yield: Serves 6
Ingredients: 100 g caster sugar plus extra for tossing the candied peel; 80 g caster sugar; 1 large egg white; 100 g good-quality dark chocolate, chopped; cocoa powder for dusting; 100 ml double cream; 1½ tbsp milk; butter for greasing; 5 tbsp buttermilk; 1 egg yolk; 25 ml vegetable oil; 110 g good-quality dark chocolate, chopped; 3 tbsp Cointreau or Grand Marnier; ¼ tsp salt; ½ tsp baking powder; ½ tsp bicarbonate of soda; 35 g cocoa powder; 90 g plain flour; 120 g caster sugar; 200 ml double cream; 1 tsp caster sugar; bar of dark chocolate, for shaving; 60 g unsalted butter; 4 large egg whites; a pinch of salt; 2 large egg yolks; 1 orange

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

The Vegetarian Kitchen

By Prue Leith and Peta Leith

Published 2019

About

This is a very non-traditional trifle. There’s no custard and no jelly, so some may argue it’s not a trifle at all. However, I maintain that the soaked sponge and whipped cream on top qualifies it. I use chocolate mousse instead of custard, because it’s quick and easy to whip up and gives the trifle a wonderful lightness, which you don’t get from traditional custard.

The meringue drops and candied peel take time, but you could easily buy the candied peel, meringue, and the sponge to