Mini Trifles
Using store bought cake, Pandoro (Italian Christmas cake) or brioche these are filled with creamy mascarpone and cherry sauce. Perfect for that special dessert recipe you need!
- Prep time
- 10 min
- Cook time
- 15 min
- Yield
- 6 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 7 ounces (200 grams) pandoro (or brioche, panettone or pound cake)
- 1 cup mascarpone cheese
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 2 tablespoons powdered sugar
- ⅓ cup amaretto liqueur
- ⅓ cup finely chopped dark chocolate
- 2 tablespoon flaked almonds (toasted)
- 1 quantity of cherry sauce. (or use canned cherry pie filling)
Instructions
- 1
Prepare the cherry sauce according to the recipe. Allow to cool completely.
- 2
Whip cream and powdered sugar to soft peaks.
- 3
Fold mascarpone and chopped chocolate into the cream.
- 4
Slice pandoro ½ inch or 1cm slices.
- 5
Divide half the cherry sauce amongst 6 dessert glasses or cups.
- 6
Tear pandoro to fit and arrange in one layer (using half of the pandoro) on top of cherry sauce.
- 7
Drizzle each with 1 ½ teaspoons of amaretto liqueur.
- 8
Divide half of the mascarpone cream amongst the 6 dessert glasses or cups.
- 9
Repeat with cherry sauce, pandoro, liqueur and finish with mascarpone cream.
- 10
Top with almonds and a cherry.