Puddings Recipes - Madeira Cake Trifle Recipe

Ingredients

SERVES 6

• Butter (melted, for greasing)

• 500ml/18fl oz milk

• 1 vanilla pod (split lengthways)     

• 4 egg yolks

• 100g/4oz caster sugar

• 25g/1oz plain flour

• 300g/11oz Madeira cake (cut into 1 cm/1/2in slices)

• 75ml/3fl oz rum

• 25g/1oz milk chocolate (grated)

• 50g/2oz flaked almonds (toasted)

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Method:

1. Grease a 1.2 liter/2pt serving dish with melted butter.

2. Place the milk and vanilla pod in a pan and slowly heat until bubbles appear around the edge of the pan.

3. Whisk the egg yolks, sugar and flour together in a bowl until thick and pale. Discard the vanilla pod, whisk the warm milk slowly into the egg mixture and blend well.

4. Return the custard mixture to a clean pan and stir over a medium heat until the custard boils and thickens.

5. Line the base of the prepared dish with one third of the cake slices and brush well with the rum.

6. Spread one third of the custard over the cake, top with a second third of the cake slices, brushed with rum, and more custard.

7. Finish with final layers of cake slices, rum and custard. Cover and refrigerate for at least 4 hours. Sprinkle with chocolate and almonds before serving.