What is more British (and delicious!) than a beautiful raspberry trifle with honey and sherry? Perfect to go with a proper cup of tea!
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup honey
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1/4 cup fresh lemon juice
- 1 cup dry sherry
- 1 cup seedless raspberry jam
- 4 cups raspberries
- 2 cups heavy cream
- 1 1/2 pounds favorite pound cake
Directions
- In a small saucepan, heat 1/2 cup honey, 1/4 cup water, 1 cup sherry, and lemon juice, stirring to dissolve honey, 1 to 2 minutes. Let cool.
- In a small bowl, combine jam with 3 cups raspberries, mashing slightly. In a large bowl, whip cream and 2 tablespoons sugar to stiff peaks.
- Slice pound cake 3/4 inch thick; brush both sides of slices with lemon/sherry syrup.
- Fit 1/3 of slices snugly in the bottom of a 4-quart trifle dish or other glass bowl, trimming edges if necessary. Gently spread top of layer with 1/3 of raspberry mixture, and then 1/3 of whipped cream. Repeat to make two more layers; garnish with remaining cup raspberries. Refrigerate until ready to serve, up to 24 hours.
Reblogged this on cellynseah and commented:
ohhhh…. i want it now!
The Honey Raspberry Trifle looks amazingly good, almost too pretty to eat. But, if I had it in front of me, I would absolutely eat it. This is dangerous stuff. Thanks for sharing.
You’re welcome!
Fyi, I’m almost done extracting the honey!!
This looks so lovely
It tastes even better!!
xo Deb
Looks so delicious we can just lick the computer screen. Thanks for sharing, we have to try!
I love this dessert more than chocolate, and that’s saying a lot!!
This was my late mother-in-law’s signature dish. No family dinner was complete without a trifle.
I hope mine measures up to hers!!
Salivating…. yum, yum, yum
Let’s think of something to celebrate!!
The Olympics?…. (because nobody is talking about that)
Why is that? When I was in London a few weeks ago, you wouldn’t even know they were happening. It was all Jubilee and Wimbledon….
Really? I was teasing, because it seems to be everywhere……… I thought it would be all over the place in London? x
Nope. At least when I was there. I would mention the Olympics and people would stare at me for a minute (longer than usual) and then remember that they were happening.
Well I never….
The Dutch have a tremendous weakness for all things high tea. Sherry trifle is definitely amongst these things. I suspect the addition of honey only makes it more toothsome!
This makes sense, since I have Dutch ancestors!! In my opinion, honey makes everything taste better!!
xo Deb
Mmmm, where’s my grocery list . . . raspberry jam! I just love using honey instead of sugar for desserts. And this dish is so wonderfully summery.
It is kind of summery, isn’t it? Perfect for a Shower or a Ladies’ Lunch.
By the way, thank you for all your kind words about me!! I wish I were that marvelous!! xo Deb
You certainly are a very busy person…you make your Honey Raspberry Trifle…that takes time, photograph it, that takes more time, and then you get into a huge project of extracting your honey combs and cleaning up. How long is your day? I’ve done some photography work so I know that setting up a shot like your dessert takes some time. I haven’t extracted honey, but I’ve read about it. Are you good at working 16 hour days? Oh, and you still have time to blog…
I didn’t do anything else this weekend!!
gorgeous! It reminds me of a New Years party 30 odd years ago that my parents threw. Their friends from ‘across the pond’ brought a trifle and it stole the show.
*anna
It’s time for you to make one too!!
Ok you have given me a good reason to get that trifle bowl I’ve been looking at. A celebration to look at but of course I would eat some and share the rest.