Vegan Celebration Trifle!

I made this monster-sized trifle to take to my mum's place on Christmas day. 
 

In all its glory, before chocolate grated on top

It was an architectural feat as well as a test of my organisational skills! 

Happily, none of the individual components are difficult at all. You just need to plan to make sure all the components are made and ready to go. I made all the different parts over a day in between preparing other dishes for Christmas, making granola for presents, etc. 

I have to stress that this trifle is really really worth making. It is especially great to feed a large crowd. The taste of all those layers together is decadently delicious.

Practically everyone asked for second helpings and for the recipe. I love that it is pretty, yet can be just slopped onto a plate gracelessly!

The bowl I used was very very deep!

This recipe is pretty versatile. You could add alcohol and different fruits!

Vegan Celebration Trifle  

Components

2 x round vanilla cakes (I used this recipe)

Double batch of vegan pastry cream (I used the recipe from The Joy of Vegan Baking, recipe also here)

2 x coconut thickened cream (I used Alpine Thickened Coconut Cream)

2 x large punnets of strawberries, sliced

2-3 cups raspberries mixed with a bit of sugar (I used frozen, defrosted)

About half a block of chocolate for grating

About 1 cup of black coffee

Construction 

I divided each component into three to make three layers. 

I did my layers in this order:

• cake, sliced to fit shape of your bowl 
• pour a few tbsp of coffee over the cake
• spread the pastry cream on top of the cake
• spread the thickened coconut cream on top of this
• place the strawberries around the side so it lines the bowl (this looks pretty in a glass bowl)
• add raspberries
• add grated chocolate
• repeat!