Scottish Trifle: Old

 

 

This is the old Scottish Trifle recipe that we always had for dessert on Christmas Eve while I was growing up.

Scottish Trifle

Ingredients:

Angel food cake (pre-made from your grocery bakery or homemade)
17 oz. frozen raspberries
4-5 tbsp. orange juice
3 oz. raspberry Jell-O
4 oz cook and serve vanilla pudding, with milk called for on package instructions
1/2 pint whipping cream
1/2 cup granulated sugar, or to taste
1/2 cup blanched sliced almonds
Maraschino cherries

Directions:

Thaw and drain raspberries, reserving juice.

Crumble cake on bottom of large serving bowl or trifle dish. Pour orange juice over cake. Spoon drained fruit over the top.

Using reserved raspberry juice, prepare Jell-O using slightly less water (about 3/4 cup boiling water and 3/4 cup cold water/juice mixture). Pour Jell-O liquid mixture over raspberries and crumbled angel food cake. Chill to set.

Prepare cook and serve pudding according to package instructions. Chill completely.

Spread chilled pudding on top of trifle. Chill completely.

Beat whipping cream until soft peaks form. Add in sugar and continue beating until incorporated.

When ready to serve, spread whipped cream on top of trifle and sprinkle with almonds (toasted or untoasted, according to your preference) and maraschino cherries.

Source: My mom found this in the recipe section of the Deseret News around 30 years ago. I couldn't find it on their site, but you are welcome to peruse their recipe archives!

Notes: We always use a store-bought pre-baked angel food cake. It is just easier that way, and they are delicious. The original recipe also says that you can used canned raspberries. In that case, you wouldn't drain or strain them. You would just use water to prepare the Jell-O. After trying the new version and the old version of Scottish Trifle, we decided that we would probably try to make a new hybrid version next year. The consensus was that we loved the homemade custard and fresh raspberries in the new version, but we loved the added flavors from the orange juice and raspberry juice in the old version. So, stay tuned for December 2021 for yet another version of Scottish Trifle. Ha ha!