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Summer Berry trifle with Cointreau & orange toffee drizzle


400g strawberries

300g raspberries

300g assorted berries Blackberries redcurrant etc plus extra for garnish

1 x 350 Madeira cake

500ml custard

175g mascarpone

500ml double cream

75 ml Greek yoghurt

2-3 drops vanilla extract

1tbs icing sugar

2tbs Cointreau

2-3tbs fresh orange juice

1tsp orange zest

For the Toffee Drizzle :

90 g golden caster sugar

Juice of 1 orange

Pinch Seasalt

150ml Double cream

Cut and hull the strawberries, mix them with the raspberries blueberries black berries in a bowl but keeping a handful aside for garnish. .

Gently whisk the custard with the Greek yoghurt and mascarpone together half the icing sugar and add the tsp orange zest.

In a separate bowl Whip the cream with the rest of the icing sugar and the vanilla until Soft peaks form then set aside.

To make the orange toffee drizzle heat the orange juice golden caster sugar and Seasalt gently til the sugar melts and turns golden and bubbling. In a microwave gently heat the cream ( it'll stop it seizing if warmed ) pour in stirring gently and allow to bubble and thicken 4 mins or so to a caramel texture. Remove from heat scrape into a bowl and allow to cool.

Cut the cake into slices and arrange half in the base of a trifle bowl. Mix the Cointreau and orange juice together and drizzle half over the sponge. Use half the fruit and layer it on the sponge follow with dollops of the custard mix Repeat and finish with a layer of whipped cream decorate the top with the leftover fruit sprinkle lightly with icing sugar and before serving drizzled with the caramel sauce.

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